Communication, Interaction, and Autism Acceptance
Communication, Interaction and Autism Acceptance Communication, Interaction, and
Communication, Interaction and Autism Acceptance Communication, Interaction, and
Love, Respect and "Autism Parents" : My Story is
Parenting and Caregiving Finding the balance between parenting and
Martin Pistorius, author of the New York Times best-seller, Ghost Boy: The
I thought I wouldn't write about this case . I've been
I've recently read an article about how some researches are
I've written about this before: parents of Autistic children sharing
I am an autistic woman. Most of my life people
For over ten years Martin Pistorius was trapped in his own body, fully cognizant, but unable to speak or move. He was surrounded by people who believed he was incapable of thinking and tried desperately to get just one person to notice. His story serves as a wake-up call for all of us to drastically change our assumptions about speech and intellectual capacity as well as the need to radically reform expectations and treatment of people with complex communication needs.
We are all about respect, so of course, Respectfully Connected is a Resource We Love!
I was taught to treat other people the way I
I was taught to say, “Thank you for being my
Every now and then my autistic friends and I have
Am I a person with autism or autistic? Does it matter? And why?
Should it matter that some of us are labeled intellectually disabled? Read the definitions, look at us in a realistic way and ask yourself; Does it matter? Aren’t we all worthy?
This is for every person who embodies the meaning of motherhood. This is for the ones who nurture and protect, who never consider their lives more important than the lives of the ones being nourished, educated, protected and loved.
Autism Rights are Human Rights Autism Rights are human
Listen Up! the PSA from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autism Acceptance Month has been released!
"You cannot know if someone else's life is worth living without asking them and without even knowing them."
"Acceptance is an action." Autism Acceptance Month from the brilliant folks
"When we talk about inclusion what we're talking about is diversity." Audra Zucherman, co-founder, The IDEAL School .The IDEAL School practices full inclusion while nurturing their students abilities to create real change in the world through compassion and self- empowerment.
Some parents understand that autism is a natural part of some children’s lives and they fight the societal attitudes toward autistics. That’s love. Some parents don’t, and they fight, and hurt, their own children. This is not love and is one of the things that make me very tired.
"Acceptance. I wanted everyone to treat him with respect and dignity, just like any other child". Jenny Long
Autism is not a set of deficits. Autism is complex and all of us can self-advocate despite the difficulties we might face. Autism is life. I am Autistic, I self-advocate and I am happy.
How do you talk to someone who uses AAC?
Why would a parent of an autistic child decide that it is better not to listen to other autistics? Why? I, Too, Want to Understand.
Autistic advocate and poet Amy Sequenzia's message of acceptance and respect for young autistics for 2012 Autistics Speaking Day. "There is nothing wrong with being who you are. You are perfect in your uniqueness."
We hope that young autistics today will be proud of themselves and without shame. The message that boy received at that moment was the opposite of acceptance. It was ableist and it came from someone who is part of our own community.
Really, this is number one. Please presume my competence.
#4 Please focus on My Strengths. I have many. We all do.
Top ten things I want you to know. Number 3: Please talk directly to me, not to my support person.
Top ten things Autistic student wants teachers, therapists and friends to know about students with special needs... they may be shocking to some of you, but hopefully to most they are exactly what you expect. Here's number 2.