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ABA

Why No Autistic Child Should Be in ABA Therapy

Posted on October 21, 2020May 28, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

If early intervention professionals truly want to serve autistic children, then they need to transition to better ways to guide our autistic kids, ways that don’t crush those children’s spirits and hearts.

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Accommodations

What Is Sensory Processing Like For Autistic People?

Posted on October 28, 2019May 3, 2022 by Reid Caplan

Autistic people process our senses differently, and that’s okay! Autism makes us who we are, and sensory processing is an important part of being autistic. People should try and understand autism and how it makes us different, instead of trying to change us.

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ABA

Behaviour Analysis, The Autistic Way

Posted on May 30, 2019May 3, 2022 by Ann Memmott

Autistic children endure a lot of ‘behaviour analysis,’ usually done by non-autistic people who are not trained to interpret autistic behaviour and motivation.

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acceptance

Starting Points for Understanding Autism

Posted on February 9, 2019October 11, 2022 by Fergus Murray

I believe that the best way to understand autistic minds is in terms of a thinking style which tends to concentrate resources in a few interests and concerns at any time, rather than distributing them widely.

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Autism

Why I Do Not Hate Autism

Posted on July 24, 2018May 3, 2022 by Shona Davison

Do autistic people suffer? Sadly yes, lots of us do. Do we suffer from autism? No, I do not think so. That is why I do not hate autism.

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Autism

The Problems with Functioning Labels

Posted on March 23, 2018May 3, 2022 by Finn Gardiner

Functioning labels do not always relate to people’s real skills and can be based on hurtful stereotypes about autistic people. They also assume that people’s skills cannot change over time.

Three white autistic people. Two adults: Sara Luterman and John Marble, and one teen, Leo Rosa, hanging out in front of a coffee shop.
Autism

What the Neurodiversity Movement Does—And Doesn’t—Offer

Posted on February 6, 2018April 18, 2022 by Emily Paige Ballou

From its inception, not only did the neurodiversity movement’s values include the most significantly disabled, but those individuals themselves were among our earliest pioneers.

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Autism

Eye Contact: For The Recipient’s Validation Only

Posted on May 6, 2017April 9, 2022 by Emma Dalmayne

Eye contact, who’s it for? It’s not for the autistic child. It’s for the recipient. It’s for their own validation to reassure them that you know they exist. That you are aware they are speaking that you comply. That you acknowledge them.

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Autism

Eleven Ways You Can Make Your Autistic Child’s Life Easier

Posted on April 4, 2017May 3, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

This is a mini-guide for parents to think about autistic matters and perspectives they may not know about, and which may help them and their kids live the Best Lives Possible.

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Disability

Autism Is Not a Shell Surrounding a “Normal” Child

Posted on January 12, 2017April 10, 2022 by Maxfield Sparrow

Autism is so much a part of who your child is that many of us Autistic adults who are able to communicate, and who choose to talk about being Autistic, will tell you that it hurts us to hear or read phrases like “fight autism,” because it feels like people want to fight us.

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