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Category Archives: Behaviour
Meltdowns and the Lens of Ableism
Meltdowns – from the other side… Many, many months back Colin Bowman and I began a conversation in the comments section of one of my posts (Yours, Mine and Ours: Autism, Self-Advocacy and Setting Limits). This interaction has been resonating … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Autism, Behaviour, Communicate, limits, Resiliency, Shame, support
Tagged A good cry, ableism, Colin Bowman, Emotions, intensity, Laura Nagle, meltdown, processing, reframing meltdowns, setting limits, shame
18 Comments
Crossing the line: The Danger of Compliance
As Amy Sequenzia so eloquently states: “ABA is not only abusive to Autistic children, it makes ableism and abuse acceptable. “Experts” want 40 hours/week of this and parents who don’t comply can lose their children. ABA creates a culture of … Continue reading
Posted in ABA, ableism, Autism, Behaviour, Compliance, family, Intervention, Parent
Tagged ABA, advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Bernice Olivas, Compliance training, CPS, Fix, Nebraska CPS, NO
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Dear Mr. Fassbender: Class Size, Composition, and Shame…
Dear Mr. Fassbender, Yesterday I was invited to speak at a rally outside of your MLA office. I was quite excited to have to opportunity to speak with you, the Minister of Education, in person and thought long and hard … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Autism, autism stigma, BC Teachers Federation, BCTF, Behaviour
Tagged #bced, Autistic, BCCPAC, BCTF, Behaviour problem, Christy Clark, Class size and Composition, LTA, Minister of Education, misbehaviour, Peter Fassbender, Premier, public education, shame, Special Education, STA
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The Amazing Arizona TASH Adventure: A Roadtrip with H – Part 2
Two big days! H and I were met yesterday morning by Laura Nagle and Susan Marks, and together with Barb Trader: the National Director of TASH, we were driven to the conference location. H and Laura chatted about Star Trek … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Anxiety, Arizona, Arizona TASH, Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Documentary, Laura Nagle, Purchase Vectors of Autism: Laura Nagle, Vectors of Autism
Tagged advocacy, Arizona TASH, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Community Training, comfortable with the unknown, Dear teacher: A letter from Harrison, handcrafted wands, inclusion, Inclusive Practices and Strategies for the Regular Education Classroom, Laura Nagle, resiliency, self-advocacy, Susan Marks, TASH 2012 Summer Conference, Wand Project
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What is going on here?!? Autism, Uneven Development and Periods of Consolidation
Some time ago I was reading an article by a parent who was commenting on her surprise that her child was suddenly gaining a myriad of skills – seemingly out of the blue. This was not just happening in one … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Behaviour, Communicate, Handling Change, Parent, Resiliency
Tagged Autism, Autistic, behaviour, Cliché, communication, development, developmental trajectory, honouring, Lego, Neurotypical peers, periods of consolidation, predictability, skill development, step-by-step, strategies for resiliency, uneven development
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Autism and Poetry: The restorative power of language, mindfulness, and a sensory break
For the past 3 years H has been involved in a 6-8 week Art/Science program held at the nearby Blue Heron Reserve. This is a wonderful hands-on enrichment opportunity that is offered annually by his DL school, and for a … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Anxiety, Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Communicate, Distance Education, Distributed Learning, Parent, Resiliency, Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD
Tagged Anxiety, Art, autism poem, Blue Heron Reserve, poetry, Restorative power of language, Science, sensory break, sensory overload
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Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social, physical, cognitive, and sensory experience. These boundaries … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Parent, Resiliency, Teacher, visual strategies, visual strategies and supports
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, Self care, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress
33 Comments
If and When Strategies: the power of language in parenting
I want to change something, sometimes I notice the littlest changes have the biggest impact. In this post I am sharing my consideration of the significance and implication of the words “if” and “when”. Many years ago I stumbled upon … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Communicate, Parent
Tagged Adlerian Theory, Aspergers, Autism, behaviour, communication, nagging, negotiate, over-prompting, parents, power struggle, strategies, The Power of if and when
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