
How To Bond With Your Autistic Child Through Your Special Interests
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
Research has shown that instantly, non-autistic people negatively judge autistic people on first sight. This is a free printable resource for you on thin slice judgements.
April is for affirmation, inclusion, empowerment, and accomodation! Center Autistic voices. Unlearn ableist concepts. Actively dismantle ableist and neurobigoted structures and systems. Seek out advocates,
NeuroClastic introduces a free visual tool you can use to create your own “Brain story.” Map out your sensory story to learn more about yourself and communicate your differences to others!
Social Stories are often used misused to make disabled kids feel like they are at fault for their own social exclusion. NeuroInclusive Stories encourage all kids to embrace diversity.
To understand autistic fears and phobias, non-autistic people need more context. This article can help non-autistic people support autistic children and adults through what may seem to be unreasonable fears.
Social stories should be for the whole class, because that is what inclusion means. They should focus on the values that drive cooperation and embrace difference. Social stories should encourage inclusion, and that means trying to find ways to include everyone and addressing those most likely to create a culture of exclusion.
For many autistic students, school fire drills can be deeply upsetting. For Alex, the fear of the next one was so traumatizing that it prevented access to a free and appropriate education.
Why is the concept of Neurodiversity so important to the autistic and broader disability community? An exploration of the history of the neurodiversity movement
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