I think many parents will agree that one of the most challenging things for families with autistic children are outings. Adam’s anxiety and repetitive activities increase over his perceived threats and fear of change; he will need to check out the...
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Estée Klar
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03-21-2014
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Filed under: Anxiety, Inclusion, communication, Obsessions, Autistic Self Advocacy, Travel, Sensory Differences, Transitions, Safety, Parenting, Autism Theories, Behaviours, Wandering, ABA, Language, Community, Living, seizures, Intelligence, Aides and Assistants, Accessibility
There are days when I feel so grateful for the support Adam and I receive from the team, friends and family. My university is so supportive of our needs as well, allowing me a leave so I can lesson-plan for Adam and train him more in language and typing...
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Estée Klar
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12-18-2013
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Filed under: Anxiety, Critical Disability Studies, Inclusion, Acceptance, Joy, communication, Inspiration, Behaviours, school, Language, Community, Intelligence, Academia
I’m writing my thesis and am hankering to blog – so many things on my mind with the recent Ontario budget proposal, the ever-so teensy weensy allowance for an individual on ODSP to take home a couple hundred bucks a month and the way we may...
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Estée Klar
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05-09-2013
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Filed under: Activism, Autism and Learning, Critical Disability Studies, Autism and Intelligence, Acceptance, communication, autism, Advocacy, Politics, Organizations/Events, Ableism, Language, Community, Charity, The Autism Acceptance Project
How can The Toronto Star and by many autism charities address the diverse needs and views of the autism community? My concern is that there is little (if not any) of critical disability perspectives. Typically, journalists run to autism “experts”...