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Category Archives: Arizona TASH
TASH Conference Keynote and a fortress of chips: H Rocks his Advocacy
In front of the entire conference stood a 14-year-old boy. He’d eaten little during lunch – perhaps it was nerves – but more likely it was the lack of anything the least bit palatable or familiar to his tastes. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Arizona TASH, ASD, Autism, Communicate, inclusion, Laura Nagle, perspective of others, promote social understanding, Purchase Vectors of Autism: Laura Nagle, self-advocacy
Tagged advocacy, Arizona TASH, AzWINS, Dear teacher: A letter from H, I am Norm, inclusion, Keynote Address, Perspectives, resiliency, self-advocacy, Special Education, Vectors of Autism
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Busy… Thinking about Perspectives
This past Friday I had the honour of speaking to my colleagues at the BCTELA (BC Teachers of English Language Arts) Provincial Conference. It was exciting to share my presentation entitled: Perspective-Taking and Social Understanding Through Story: Literature based activities … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Social cognition, Teacher, connections, Aspergers, ASD, Arizona TASH, self-advocacy, inclusion
Tagged Perspectives, teacher, Special Education, social understanding, self-advocacy, Perspective Taking, thinking about perspectives, BCTELA, Languaage Arts, English language arts, story, literscy, Dear teacher: A letter from H
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Aspie Travel… And Were Off!!
We are on the plane… heading far, far south… to Mexico. Every few years Craig and I have been fortunate to be able to take some time away and do a bit of travelling. In fact, each summer my parents … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona TASH, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, family, Handling Change, Sometimes the pace chooses me..., travel
Tagged asd, Aspergers, Aspie Travel, Autism, family, handling change, pace, parents, strategies
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Preoccupation with another layer of autism stigma: Crap…this goes deep!
I have been preoccupied with the ideas of self-advocacy lately. I am so motivated to delve into this – to understand more about the developmental components and the building bricks that will support the skills of advocacy. I know… I … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Arizona TASH, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Positivity, connections, Diagnosis, label, Laura Nagle, Neurotypical, perspective of others, promote social understanding, self-advocacy
Tagged AspieKid, Autism, awareness, development, intense interests, Laura Nagle, OT, PDA, Perspectives, preoccupation, public display of autism, self-advocacy, shame, Special Interests, strategies, Tragedy
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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, asd, 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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The Amazing Arizona TASH Adventure: A Roadtrip with H – Part 1
After a long day of traveling from Vancouver, Canada, H and I are now settled into our hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. We had some great conversations – and discussed the not knowing all of the details – and how that … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Arizona TASH, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic Shadow Traits, inclusion, Laura Nagle, self-advocacy
Tagged ACT, Autism, Autism Community Training, comfortable with the unknown, Dear teacher: A letter from Harrison, flexible thinking. modelling cognitive strategies, handcrafted wands, Inclusive Practices and Strategies for the Regular Education Classroom, Laura Nagle, resiliency, Susan Marks, TASH 2012 Summer Conference
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Autism Self-Advocacy – 13 year old style
H is 13… in some ways he is still so young… but I see him changing and developing in many areas. I also see that adulthood is looming, and I understand that this next stage is, in some ways, much … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Arizona, Arizona TASH, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, promote social understanding, self-advocacy, Shame
Tagged 13-year-old, advocacy, Arizona TASH, Aspergers, Autism, autism pride, choice, decision, development, self-advocacy, TASH, transition
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