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Category: acceptance

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Hey Parents of Autistic Kids: Here Are Five Big, Avoidable Mistakes

Posted on April 10, 2017July 23, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

I am all about helping parents learn from my mistakes, so they don’t repeat my mistakes. Here are five bonks I made during the early years of parenting my autistic son, and how you can avoid repeating my fails.

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Autism and Normalisation

Posted on October 27, 2016October 11, 2022 by Fergus Murray

Full normalisation of autism would require a substantially broader concept of ‘normality.’ It would mean acceptance of autistic people who are non-speaking, an understanding of meltdowns, and general awareness of the dangers of sensory overload.

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Do Me a Favor

Posted on February 7, 2014March 18, 2023 by Christine Stephan

I regret that I didn’t give my non-speaking son the opportunities to display an interest in things that I assumed he wouldn’t understand. I regret that my assumptions limited him when they should have been expanding his world.

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Social Skills: Context Matters

Posted on April 3, 2013January 31, 2023 by Tasia

So what’s going on here? Does my autistic son lack social skills or does he not? The answer is that context matters. Socializing costs a lot of tokens. When he is in a situation that is already difficult for him, he won’t have those tokens to spare.

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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
5 Dec

You will have more luck toilet training an autistic child if you understand the role of interoception, meaning how their bodies perceive and process signals. (Interoception challenges are also why some autistic adults still struggle.) By @kmahlerkmahler:

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clearautism ∞ Clear Autism ∞ @clearautism ·
5 Dec

I sometimes wonder how many "introverted autistic" types wouldn't be introverted at all if they hadn't been shamed, bullied or abused into masking when they showed their authentic selves?

The so-called social disability seems more like society's *inability* to accept difference.

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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
5 Dec

"#ProfoundAutism" lobbyists claim autistic advocates advocates deny intellectual disability. This is spin.

Autistic advocates like @JustStimming know the problem is that those lobbyists don't treat their kids like humans UNLESS they have "intact minds":

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shannonrosa shannonrosa.bsky.social @shannonrosa ·
4 Dec

I wrote this three years ago, still true. And really want to emphasize that "If your child does lose their ability to cope, and especially if they have a meltdown, do your best to keep them safe instead of punishing them for being overwhelmed."

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