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Tag Archives: connections
Code: A Woman with Aspergers, Empathy, and Poetic Response
Dear H: for those of us to whom words sometimes do not easily run, saunter, or even amble: we speak in code. We think in code. We construct our languages painstakingly like little Tolkiens, separated by time, distance, and space: … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, connections, empathy, poem, poetry
Tagged autistics, Code, connections, Dear H, Hobbits, Honouring empathy and emotional intelligence, K'nex, ladybugs, language, Lego, misconception, Navajo code talkers, Nicole Nicholson, Our languages are not mistakes, Poet, poetry, Raven's Wing Poetry, speaking in code, superconductor, Tolkien, we are not broken
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Karla Fisher and Mark Robert Waldman on God… Big Ideas… the Brain and the connections to Autism
I like Ted Talks… and I like Karla’s ASD Page on Facebook. When Karla was asking for perspectives on this Ted Talk by Mark Robert Waldman, well – that was a double whammy and much too much to resist! I … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, God, Karla Fisher, Mark Robert Waldman, neuromajority, Neurotypical, Ted Talks
Tagged big ideas, CBT, Cliffs notes, cognitive behaviour strategies, connections, deficit-based perspective, format of curriculum, Karla's ASD Page, neuromajority, Neurotypical, NO, Perspectives, positive effects, self-talk, Special Education, Ted Talks, Understanding, YES
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Perspectives on friendship and other-ability: Country Mouse and City Mouse (via Thirty Days of Autism)
I have been considering the way in which my son, H the Country Mouse, relates to his friend, City Mouse. They have known each other for almost seven years… since they were both diagnosed with ASD. They are true friends. … Continue reading
Posted in Autism
Tagged acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, awareness, city mouse, communicate, connections, country mouse, friends, pace, parents, Perspectives, Pez, practice, promote-social-understanding, relationship, relationships, relief, social pragmatics, Star Wars, wait time
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