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Category Archives: Public Education
Appreciation for my school district and colleagues
I have to send a shout-out to my school district and colleagues for their wonderful reception and response to my keynote address for our Student Services Training Day. I love presenting, and do so rather often – but today was … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Positivity, diversity, Documentary, HFASD, inclusion, promote social understanding, Public Education, self-advocacy, Special Education, Teacher, Vectors of Autism
Tagged advocacy, Autism, behaviour, communication, Dear teacher: A letter from H, education, honouring, Keynote Address, Perspectives, school, self-advocacy, Special Education, Student Services, teacher, Vectors of Autism
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Who ya gonna call? Autism, Distance Education, and Ghostbusters
H’s most recent interest (since April of this year) has been in building his own Ghostbusters backpack. He has been is watching how to videos on youtube that have been posted by other kids with similar proclivities toward creating pop … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Distance Education, Distributed Learning, HFASD, Public Education, retro pop culture, self-directed learning, Special Education, Speech and Language Therapist, Teacher
Tagged Areas of strength, capacitor, distance education, Ghostbusters, proton pack, reading and writing, school, spacial ability, Speech and Language Pathologist
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The Musical Advocacy Project: Supporting Public Education and the Rights of Workers
So… sometimes my life seems to be cruising along pretty smoothly… and then something goes completely sideways. I am not particularly phased by this; it is one of the things that parenting a child with autism has gifted me. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, BC Teachers Federation, BCTF, Christy Clark, family, Father, Parent, Public Education, Resiliency, Teacher
Tagged advocacy, BC Hydro, Distraction, Elaine Bernard, Folksong, grandparents, hope, hospital, parents, political, resiliency, struggle, teacher, Working lives: Vancouver 1886-1986
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1…2…3… Magic!! Christy Clark needs a time out!!
87%… That is the result. I sit tonight on the brink of an abyss of sorts… and I stare into the darkness – with unknown demons on the move. It sounds like the setting for some cool video game that … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, BC Teachers Federation, Christy Clark, Diagnosis, Distributed Learning, Parent, Public Education, School Based Team Meetings, Special Education, Speech and Language Therapist, Teacher
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, BC Liberal Party, BCTF, Christy Clark, communication, diagnosis, Master of Education Degree, Numbers, Special Education, struggle, teacher, Time-out, Twisted rhetoric, Underfunding public education
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