If you hang around my corner of the interwebs, you hear about ableism a LOT. And it’s for good reason—because nearly everywhere else on the interwebs completely ignores ableism. But lately, I’ve noticed a lot of perfectionist views on ableism. There are a lot of people who hold pride in being not-ableist, and they believe […]
Aggressive behaviors are one of the biggest struggles that parents of Autistic children face, but unfortunately, most information about it is filled with ABA strategies to “eliminate the behavior”. The problem is, aggression in Autistic children isn’t as simple as them misbehaving, and the ABA tactics are actually likely to make the aggression worse. See, […]
“But he’s so high functioning!” “No one talks about low functioning autism!” “My child is Autistic, but he’s only level 1” If you are connected to the autism community in any way, shape, or form, it won’t be long until you hear about functioning labels. These are an attempt to categorize Autistics from “a little […]
When Autistic adults talk about accepting and understanding Autistic children and Autistic behaviors, parents get pretty stressed… So there are just no boundaries? So we let our Autistic child dictate everything? So we let our Autistic child walk all over us? But friends, that isn’t actually what Autistics are encouraging you to do. No one […]
If you’ve been around my corner of the interwebs for a while, you know that I’m loudly against ABA therapy for Autistic children. I’ve written about the problem with ABA here. And why even “new ABA” is bad here. So recently when I saw this question about Calm the Chaos and ABA pop up over […]
“I just want my Autistic child to be as independent as they can be” Sound familiar? When working with my coaching clients, boosting their Autistic child’s independence is almost always one of their primary goals. And for good reason… Who doesn’t want to help their child be more independent? Who wouldn’t want to empower their […]
