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8:19am July 25, 2013

➸ Urocyon's Jaunts: [tw: ableism, ABA] Things I've learned about working with children with autism:

emetophobesunite:

silversarcasm:

goldenheartedrose:

girljanitor:

deducecanoe:

purplewowies:

that-music-girl-with-short-hair:

- echolalia: when a kid repeats everything you say in place of an appropriate response

- When a kid cries because they want…

The one that could get a near violent response out of me is “use your words”. Always delivered in a condescending, commanding, expectant tone that makes my blood boil. IF I’M NOT USING WORDS CHANCES ARE I’M NOT ABLE TO OR IT’S TOO DIFFICULT. Demanding someone do that before you listen to thorn is rude. And believing if people can communicate in other ways they won’t use language? Not backed up by science. This is what keeps kids from getting effective Aug comm. This exact mentality. Not cool.

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  1. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from apheline and added:
    Me too.
  2. apheline reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    “Use your words” is probably the most triggering phrase there is for me.
  3. autistichellspawn reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  4. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Definitely. I was boggling enough at a couple of the other tactics there, that I pretty much forgot about that one. And...
  5. dendriforming reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  6. amaltheaz reblogged this from deducecanoe
  7. miraifuturegirl reblogged this from goldenheartedrose
  8. imrose101 reblogged this from averyroundbird
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  10. averyroundbird reblogged this from silversarcasm and added:
    There is a reason that there are little autistic teens/adults that are open about there autism, it is because they are...
  11. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from silversarcasm and added:
    That was what I was trying to get across, but yeah, that’s me too. I have to write mine down too, or I have difficulty,...
  12. anjhuzen reblogged this from bittergrapes
  13. scifinut reblogged this from firlalaith
  14. bittergrapes reblogged this from silversarcasm and added:
    Most of this just seems focused on trying to force autistic children to be allistic, and that is gross as hell. Why does...
  15. ellipsisthegreat reblogged this from firlalaith
  16. bodkins-n-bawdiness reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    All of this.
  17. silversarcasm reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    Also in regards to the instruction one, I’d probably just get frustrated and upset by single word instructions?? I need...
  18. thepsychoticfuckingbiotic reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born and added:
    I’m still adjusting to the tumblr app so correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure op deleted the post. It fucking...
  19. quixylvre reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born and added:
    The OP needs to learn what that sort of approach teaches their “patients” or “pupils” about CONSENT.
  20. emyphoric reblogged this from deafcecil