Hi so I keep contradicting myself, but I thought that it might be the most useful for me to talk about this stuff today. It might be the most useful for me to talk about my experience watching today’s training and really kind of talk about neurodiversity affirming approaches today. As this stuff is freshContinue reading “Transcript for IGTV/Live “honest reaction to play project training” video @allisonthehuman.”
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hypocrisy
society is constantly trying to make autistic people have more variety. more variety in their food, in their communication, in their interests, etc. autistics are shamed and criticized for inflexibility and rigidness and unwillingness to change. hmmmmmmm. you know what that sounds a lot like to me? the medical model of disability and chronic illness.Continue reading “hypocrisy”
ALL ABA IS HARMFUL.
ABA and behavioral based therapy for autistics is trauma. supporting people/providers/centers who are pro aba/behavioral and continue to pretend it’s not harmful, is harmful. autistic people notice what you do and don’t say, we know that if nearly all the people who “supported us” on social media also actively spoke out against Applied Behavioral AnalysisContinue reading “ALL ABA IS HARMFUL.”
talking to my mom about autism
here’s a brief intro to some discussions i’ve had with my mom that i think others could relate to or learn from. my questions are bolded, her responses are in normal font, and if i have something to say about her response i noted it in italics. what was your reaction when i told youContinue reading “talking to my mom about autism”
too much
i’ve just been sitting here thinking about my past actions and about people who i’ve been close to over the years. not in a spiteful way but just in an evaluative matter of fact way. there are a handful of humans that i could tell you 100% not worth the “too much” that i gaveContinue reading “too much”
autism discovery & relationships
transcript for youtube video Okay so im ally from Allison the human on Instagram, today I am gonna record some videos with my partner kella. Come on in. Kella: that’s my cue Ally: okay so were going to be talking about our relationship but also how that has looked surrounding my autism discovery and myContinue reading “autism discovery & relationships”
IG Live Transcript Part 2: Neurodiversity: a perspective of an actually autistic SLP.
bold font: words of Marie, from @thanksmorris on instagram. regular font: words of ally from @allisonthehuman on instagram. I think you said it so perfectly and I’m so grateful that there are now, because when I was in grad school I wasn’t aware that there were resources made by autistic people. I mean its sadContinue reading “IG Live Transcript Part 2: Neurodiversity: a perspective of an actually autistic SLP.”
IG Live Transcript: Neurodiversity: perspective of an actually autistic SLP with @thanksmorris and @allisonthehuman (PART 1)
IG live transcript (typed by me and filled with errors; always open to ways to make things more accessible so please let me know any tips/tricks/etiquette) Neurodiversity: a perspective of an actually autistic SLP With: @thanksmorris and @allisonthehuman Transcript starts at 51:37 Hello friends theres quite a lot of you joining im so excited, hiContinue reading “IG Live Transcript: Neurodiversity: perspective of an actually autistic SLP with @thanksmorris and @allisonthehuman (PART 1)”
the progression; september 2020
september 1st 2020 “transitionssssssss~ so especially in the SPED world, “transitions” are such a big corner stone of education and life and helping a child learn to transition smoothly is its own rabbit hole. why- humans have difficulty with transitions whether they are neurodivergent or not but people within this criteria and people on theContinue reading “the progression; september 2020”
the progression so far
for my own curiosity and organizational preferences; here are the captions ive shared on social media in the past few months related to autism and my own personal discovery. for the sake of length, I may do a post per each month’s captions. I started on august 25, 2020. “I switched to public today andContinue reading “the progression so far”