This one was a doozy, kids. I’ve spent over a week combing through research across psychology, general education, special education, and ABA, trying to answer this question: What is appropriate play and is it even important? There is no simple answer to any of it, but then again I think…
Tag: disabilities
Featured picture credit: WCVB-TV CW: abuse, child abuse, restraint, torture, suicide, shock At this point, if you are in any way involved in the autistic community, there is no way you haven’t heard of the Judge Rotenberg Center and the #StopTheShock movement. For those of you coming to this issue…
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/19/22339228/intellectual-disabilities-challenging-curriculum I came across this article and wanted to highlight it here. Because it deserves a click and your full attention, I will be discussing it with the assumption that you’ve read it and will not be summarizing it. In this article and the related one about The Celery Story…
CW: Abuse, grooming, sexual assault What does it feel like when you tell a child to do something and they just don’t? When they look you dead in the eye and do the opposite? What about when they just flat out tell you “no” and stare back at you with…
CW: Offensive terms Language is always evolving. As attitudes shift and societal norms alter in response, so then does our verbal behavior. As such, our vocabulary is in constant flux, with changing meanings, cultural contexts, and corresponding changes in what is acceptable versus what is not. Each time, there is…
CW: ableism Sometimes a client’s biggest barriers are their caregivers. For younger clients, it’s often grandparents who are stuck in their ways and have toxic beliefs such as “they will grow out of it” or “when I was a kid, there was none of this autism stuff.” For older clients,…