Category: Neurodiversity-Affirming
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Be Curious and Dig Deeper
Struggles with non-preferred tasks. How many of us have read this sentence about our child? How many have written this sentence about a child we work with, or had it written about you? I heard this sentence in my son’s annual IEP (Individualized Education Plan) review meeting and am still kicking myself for not addressing…
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Becoming Neurodiversity Affirming: Listening to Autistic People to Inform our Approaches with Neurodivergent Students in Schools
Autistic people are advocating for changes in how we support neurodivergent children in schools. Instead of trying to make Autistic students conform to neurotypical expectations, we need to better understand and accommodate them. The neurodiversity paradigm views autism as a different way of being (Houting, 2019). Autistic people may think, process senses, move, communicate, and…