AGGRESSION – THE WEAPONIZATION OF A FALSE LABEL TO UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENTALLY/INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE’S HUMAN RIGHTS
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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! […]
TANTRUM OR MELTDOWN? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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AUTISM, MELTDOWNS, RESOURCES, SENSORY PROCESSING, STIMMING, TERMINOLOGY
Comparing tantrums and meltdowns with the use of 8 simple questions. Learn to never confuse the two again! […]
THE 3 STAGE MODEL OF MELTDOWNS
What do autistic meltdowns look like, feel like, and what can help before, during, and after? […]
MY TOP 10 AUTISM ACCOMMODATION ITEMS
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ACCOMMODATIONS, AUTISM, EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION, MELTDOWNS, SENSORY PROCESSING
My top ten accommodation items to make autistic life a little bit easier. […]
NON-SPEAKING AND NON-VERBAL
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ACCOMMODATIONS, ANXIETY, AUTISM, CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, MELTDOWNS, SELECTIVE MUTISM, SENSORY PROCESSING, SPEECH, TERMINOLOGY
What the terms “non-speaking” and “non-verbal” mean, and one experience of being intermittently non-speaking and non-verbal. […]
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