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AAC

Believing in Nonspeakers and the Right to Communicate: An Interview With Dr. Vikram Jaswal

March 14, 2022June 29, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Those who would deny people access to their most effective method of communication because of concerns about the potential for false accusations should, as Rua Williams recently wrote, “ask [themselves] why a false accusation is more harmful than the ability to accuse.”

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Autism

Autistic People Move Differently, Too

July 3, 2018May 16, 2022 by Sarah Kurchak

Dyspraxia is when you have a lot of trouble with motor planning, which is our ability to learn new movements. So it’s not the practicing part of it, it’s the learning part. When you’re introduced to [a new movement], how smoothly can your brain understand what the demands are and get your body to do that?