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Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation

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Planning for Support in Education and Learning

Neurodivergent children are often children with a disability, particularly in the context of education and learning. While different countries (and even different states or counties within these countries) approach educating kids with disabilities in variety of ways, it is often not nearly as othering and negative as many perceive it to be. In fact, a lot of the time the negative experiences and outcomes are down to individual teachers or schools, not the system. That[…]

Impulse Control Damage Control

A lot is said about “impulse control” particularly in relation to neurodivergencies such as ADHD. Strategies for improving the ability to control reflex reactions and impulsive behaviours are taught, and hopefully implemented. Methods for pausing, urge surfing, and breathing through feelings are taught. CBT and DBT are learned. But what happens when you’re early in your journey and haven’t reached the step of being guided on this yet? When your child hasn’t found the approach[…]

AAC Awareness Month: Assumption Check

October is International AAC Awareness Month. AAC is Augmentative and Alternative Communication. While some people think that AAC is synonymous with speech-generating tablets, it is a literal term: it covers any communication method that is an alternative to speaking with the mouth. There are a lot of assumptions made about people who utilise AAC that aren’t (always, or entirely) accurate. Here are a handful… If You Can Communicate You Don’t Need AAC Some people believe[…]

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