AGGRESSION – THE WEAPONIZATION OF A FALSE LABEL TO UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENTALLY/INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE’S HUMAN RIGHTS
03.10.2021
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AGGRESSION, ANXIETY, AUTISM, MELTDOWNS, SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR, SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
How and why people commonly weaponize the label “aggression” against developmentally and/or intellectually disabled people, why that’s bad, and how to stop it.
AUTISM AND SELF INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
Self-injurious behavior gets discussed a lot – but it’s not often that we hear from it from a lived experience. Lets change that and break the stigma!
SELECTIVE MUTISM HELL
Sharing one very personal experience from my Selective Mutism hell, aka school.
STRUGGLING WITH RECEIVING PRAISE
An analysis of why some people struggle with receiving praise and what can help them.
SURVIVING ANXIETY
Anxiety is a common co-occurring condition for many autistic people. It can be severe and disabling. It is for me. Here is how I survive and got better.
SELECTIVE MUTISM- THE FREEZING FEAR THAT STEALS VOICES
05.10.2018
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ACCOMMODATIONS, ANXIETY, AUTISM, CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, SELECTIVE MUTISM, SPEECH, TERMINOLOGY
Selective Mutism, a severe anxiety disorder, often gets misunderstood, misinterpreted, misdiagnosed, and the term misused. Here is what Selective Mutism is, isn’t, what it’s like, and what can help.
NON-SPEAKING AND NON-VERBAL
What the terms “non-speaking” and “non-verbal” mean, and one experience of being intermittently non-speaking and non-verbal.