Perspectives on friendship and other-ability: Country Mouse and City Mouse (via Thirty Days of Autism)

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Perspectives on friendship and other-ability: Country Mouse and City Mouse I have been considering the way in which my son, H the Country Mouse, relates to his friend, City Mouse. They have known each other for almost seven years… since they were both diagnosed on the Autism spectrum. They are true friends. When they are together… there is no social deficit. There is no discernible difficulty in turn-taking in conversation, or interest in each other. They ‘get’ the social pragmatics. They give each other the wait time needed to p … Read More

via Thirty Days of Autism

About Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Leah Kelley, M.Ed, Ed.D., Writer, Consultant, Activist, Speaker, and Educator, working with Teacher Candidates at UBC. Authors blog: 30 Days of Autism. Projects support social understanding, Neurodiversity paradigm, Disability Justice, and connecting Disability Studies in Education(DSE)to Educational Practice. Twitter: @leah_kelley Facebook: 30 Days of Autism: Leah Kelley
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