Learn Play Thrive By focusing on observable behavior, we often miss the true needs of our autistic clients for connection, safety, regulation, acceptance, and more. Behaviorist approaches teach Autistic kids that...

Why ABA is not a good approach for autistic kids: "Dig deeper. What is going on with the child underneath this behavior? What are the child's strengths, their challenges in this context—their needs? What would it look like to truly support them?" by LearnPlayThrive:

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I would say somewhere between 10-13% of my day is spent just resisting the urge to tell people that’s not actually what “ironic” means

How many more days till break everybody? 😅

Time to rise and grind, bluesky! I'm earning a whole month of pleasure reading as much delightful brainrot and Veilguard as I can handle.

The Interdependence Mindset - AANE Although our society pushes the idea of independence, very few people (no matter their neurology) are completely independent. Relying on others, and having others rely on you, creates meaningful conne...

On Interdependence: "As a parent I don’t want to stunt my Autistic child’s growth by assuming she can’t do things. I also don’t want her to feel like I don’t understand the very real struggle & pain she experiences when the demands of her life exceed her capacity."

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MTEL round 2, let's go.

My soul needs it to be.

Hello Bluesky. For my first post, the very first piece of art I drew that cut through the imposter syndrome and made me think "oh shit, I might be an artist." Sorta. Alcohol markers on sketch paper scanned with a 3-in-1 printer that barely does 1-of-1 on a good day.

#art #furry

I'm slowly posting my art here; some of it is older, but still within a couple months. Usually only share to friends. but I figure if i'm going to present my work publicly, I should ... well, show what I've done. I never named this character, so if anyone reads this, suggestions?

#art #furry

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That's not fair to poor Hoggle.

Monday moods:

Is that why the MN goodbye takes so long? You don't wanna go drive again?

Yeah, paved goat and cow paths will do that. We just like to be different. Clearly neurospice to the core up here. Definitely ADHD.

The crowds are a lot, but kiddo keeps trying to move us there. Apparently, Boston isn't sensory nightmare enough?

The notebook sweet spot is so small.
Like the chances of finding one that's nice enough to buy but not too nice to ruin by writing in it are basically zero. Madness. This world is absolute madness.

But the whole world is scary right now, so it's big girl pants and a brave face because my son and his peers are going to need a neurospicy teacher with the lessons of advocates like @autistictyping.bsky.social @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social and many others taken to heart. (2/2)

First teaching license exam today. Wavering between confident and queasy. (1/2)

Best album covers *ever*.

I mean, he'd probably actually care about people's health, even if self-serving...

Promo graphic has headshots of 4 people who are hosting a webinar about autism in the Native American community.

I'm so excited to join the Office of National Autism Coordination (ONAC) to discuss Understanding Autism in Indigenous Communities, this Friday November 15th.

Register: bit.ly/4hFKR2S

#Native #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #autism #disability

My mini-me demands I introduce Bluesky to his bff adventure cat plushes, Light and Shadow. #catpics #adventurepals

The coolest, the amazing Candy Corn Queen of Awesome!

... "To improve math understanding, teachers can use a standards-based curriculum."

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Are we just out here making it up on the fly???

Study fuel after wrangling my lovable spicy meatballs on a half-day.