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Accommodations

April and Accommodations: I Need Pictures to Learn Things!

Posted on April 20, 2022April 25, 2022 by Elliot Gavin Keenan

I have trouble orienting myself in space, and simply telling me where something is isn’t particularly helpful. I would be able to find things and understand complex concepts easier if people used illustrations.

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Accommodations

April and Accommodations: Stop Asking Me How I Am!

Posted on April 19, 2022April 25, 2022 by Kate Ryan

Instead of asking how I am when you see me, make a comment that I can easily respond to, like something about the weather.

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AAC

April and Accommodations: I Need My Technology to Communicate!

Posted on April 18, 2022April 25, 2022 by Ann Memmott

If we say we need a piece of technology, enable that. If a meeting knows I need to use a chat facility for video, enable support for that so that I join in equally.

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Accommodations

April and Accommodations: Don’t Second-Guess What I Tell You!

Posted on April 16, 2022April 28, 2022 by Rhi Lloyd-Williams

If I tell you I need something, listen. I might not have the energy to communicate your way, can we please communicate my way for a little bit?

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Autism

April and Accommodations: Give Me Space to Talk and Think!

Posted on April 15, 2022May 4, 2022 by Kris Guin

Giving me space to talk and think will make my life easier as an Autistic person, because it means I will be able to be a part of a conversation with someone or with a group of people.

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AAC

April and Accommodations: Tell me what to expect in advance!

Posted on April 9, 2022May 6, 2022 by endever* corbin

A small switch in behavior other people can make, to ease the author’s life as an autistic person, is to “Tell me what to expect in advance! Especially for unfamiliar events… and in more detail than you expect I’ll need.”

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Accessibility

April and Accommodations: Listen To What I Tell You!

Posted on April 6, 2022May 9, 2022 by Grace Trumpower

Listen to me. Please. I went to therapy for countless hours over countless years to be able to identify and express my needs and now that I finally can, it seems like it doesn’t matter.

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Accommodations

April and Accommodations: Let Me Ask for Clarification

Posted on April 3, 2022May 23, 2022 by Reid Caplan

A huge way to accommodate me is to just ask instead of assuming, or assume good intentions first. It shows you are trying to come from a place of understanding, which is the first step in building trust for me.

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Accessibility

April and Accommodations: Accessible Health Care — Not By Phone!

Posted on April 1, 2022May 27, 2022 by Anne Borden King

Something that would make my life easier would be accessible virtual health care; in other
words, NOT by phone.

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Autism

The Autistic Archive: New Project Documents 30 Years of Our Community’s History

Posted on March 17, 2022March 27, 2022 by Anne Borden

Ira Eidle is the curator of the of Autistic Archive, an online resource that responds to “a need for better preservation of information related to the Autistic Community and Neurodiversity Movement’s history.”

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