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Autistic parent & teacher advocating for a better understanding of neurodivergence in education & mental health

Attached: 1 image Many thanks to Tanya Adkin for laying out her concept of "meerkat mode" in this article. I think a lot of people will relate to it. https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/06/06/what-is-meerkat-mode-and-how-does-it-relate-to-audhd/ @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe @autisticadvocacy@a.gup.pe #actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autisticburnout #atypicalburnout #schizophrenic #psychosis #mentahealth #schizophrenia #ptsd #mentalhealthawareness #eatingdisorders

Sensory Trust is a charity that helps transform the lives of disadvantaged people in the UK through inclusive and sensory nature experiences.

PBIS is just ABA with different letters

For those unfamiliar: PBIS, or Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, is a framework intended to support student behavior in schools. According to the website PBIS.org, which is the US Dep…

We posit that Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) serves as a way to label, punish, and surveil students, which is antithetical to trauma-info...

When I first started this blog, I was writing largely about my own personal experiences. Back then, the only diagnoses I had (that would stick) were autism and a substance misuse disorder "in remission". I wrote largely about my experiences as an Autistic addict in recovery, and not a lot else. Over time, I have

RFK Jr. says he advocates for the marginalized, but built his career spreading harmful lies about autism

Read more about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) as well as autism, non-speaking autism, presuming competence, and seclusion and restraint.

Times columnists chose the TV shows, movies, books and songs that capture the country as they see it.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Some suggest autistic people display impaired Interpersonal Synchrony. However, partners of different neurotypes can struggle to connect and...

General content warnings: abuse, neglect, suicide ideation, mental health, transphobia, death, substance use, ableism. These are the two versions of my MRes (Masters in Research) dissertation, clic…

With the pandemic and a global uprising against racial injustice to be explained away, conspiracy communities are bleeding into each other, merging into one gigantic mass of suspicion.

Anti-vaxxers are now melding with anti-democratic extremists. But this movement's roots can be traced to men like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and their autism falsehoods.

A new study suggests that the white, Christian and male voters who supported Donald J. Trump were driven by concerns over losing their privilege.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863. It took over two years for the news to reach some enslaved people.