Trevor, a nonspeaking teen, was worried about attending his first ballgame in a stadium. He was afraid of the noise and sensory overload. Here’s how it went.
An open letter to ASHA on the upcoming BCS-AAC and BCS-ASD credentials which will force SLPs to be trained in ABA.
Sue Rubin’s page on Wikipedia was removed due to discrimination and vandalism. In protest, The Aspergian is reposting and editing the pages of nonspeakers.
I believe that those of us with platforms are obliged to share the words of non-speakers and seek their input whenever possible. We can’t do what the “anti-neurodiversity” crowd does; we can’t argue over whose voice is more acceptable.
Anti-autistic editors at Wikipedia have gotten many autistic pages removed from the site because they take issue with the way they learned to communicate. We are republishing the pages in protest.
I am a nonspeaking teen who types to communicate. I learned to communicate this way when I was nine years old. This was the year