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I’m late. Again. I can’t put on the polo Mom just washed. She used fabric softener. The shirt has miniature bumps, like sandpaper dragged across my shoulders, and the color; that washed-out navy, presses against my throat.
I sit in my room, staring at it, hoping to come to a truce with my school clothes. I try an undershirt tucked into my khaki skort. It’s working doub...
What I want the most is for the world to see A- the way (I think) he sees himself. As an amazing human being.
Maybe this is my contribution to why not “profound autism.” It’s not about the term itself. It’s about the reason people want it, and what that would mean for my son.
It’s not that there’s a bunch of autistic people out there asking for Profound Autism b...
I wish we framed autism around the impact on adaptive skills and activities, instead of framing it around behaviors.
I have a lot of reasons for this. One is that “behavior support needs” tends to invite behavior management strategies that are based on external/observable behavior, and focus on the quality of life of the people around the autistic person, while “adapti...