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2:40pm
June 17, 2013
I think it’s kind of true that some people erase certain kinds of autistic people
Like, some autistic people don’t use symbolic language. That’s a real thing. Not just something relatives make up because they can’t be bothered to listen to autistic communication.
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apheline reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Yeah. I hate that we live in a world where that has to be specified. I think that it was sort of specified by “be...
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soilrockslove reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:If the kid/person can’t communicate via speech - giving them a tablet and seeing if they can via typing or picture...
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:Yeah. What I hear too often is something like: “My child can’t speak.”“Then teach him to type you idiot, geez.” Which....
logicalabsurdity reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:And I am officially sick and tired of my mum blithely saying my baby sister “doesn’t communicate” when, uh, yes she...
yesthattoo reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:That’s true. Trying (with real attempts at teaching) AAC systems is still important. That’s not the same thing as...
auti-stim reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:oooooooooooohkay got it
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preciousillusions said: this is something i’d like to know more about. time to look it up!- preciousillusions likes this
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