Tag: nonverbal

Chris Packham’s BBC Series ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ Perpetuates Outdated Views on Nonspeaking Autistics

March 4, 2024

Tonight, 4 March 2024, and tomorrow night, BBC Two will be showing Chris Packham’s documentary ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’, which was first aired at the beginning of 2023. After I watched it last year, I wrote a social media post about some aspects of the series which I found highly problematic. This is what I … More Chris Packham’s BBC Series ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ Perpetuates Outdated Views on Nonspeaking Autistics

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Special Needs Learning At Home: How Can I Help?

March 21, 2020

Last night I wrote a post titled ‘No School?! No Panic…’, about how I don’t think parents should feel any pressure to mimic school or set up super ambitious schedules for learning at home during these times of school closures, social distancing, and isolation. If you haven’t read the post yet, you can find it … More Special Needs Learning At Home: How Can I Help?

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My nonverbal 12 year old autistic child talked to me about his drawing!

February 23, 2020

The event that I’m going to tell you about in this post happened the other week, but at the time felt too overwhelmed to write about it, and then when I tried I found it tricky to put it into words. I’m not sure I’ll be entirely successful now either, but I’m giving it a … More My nonverbal 12 year old autistic child talked to me about his drawing!