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Educator Nervous System
Self Care
Focused Attention Practices
EFT Tapping
Self Compassion
Gratitude
Nervous System States
Plan for Your Dysregulation
Behavior
Understanding Behavior
Checklists and Tools
Emotional Regulation
About Emotional Regulation
Stress Response System
Co-regulation
Tools & Strategies
Interoception
Preventative Tools and Strategies
Routines and Visuals
Classroom Environment
Social Stories
Sensory Supports
Communication
Relational Safety
More Resources
Neurodiversity Affirming Approach
Autism and Behaviorism
Autism and Cognition
Autism and Trauma
Autistic Voices
Connecting through Play
Disability Rights, Justice, etc.
ND-Affirming Supports
Presuming Competence
More Professional Learning
Websites & Free Resources
Academic Supports
Executive Functioning
Female Phenotype
Inclusion Resources
Interoception
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Secondary & Transition-Aged
Structured Learning
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Visual Strategies
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Girls & ASD
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Home
Educator Nervous System
Self Care
Focused Attention Practices
EFT Tapping
Self Compassion
Gratitude
Nervous System States
Plan for Your Dysregulation
Behavior
Understanding Behavior
Checklists and Tools
Emotional Regulation
About Emotional Regulation
Stress Response System
Co-regulation
Tools & Strategies
Interoception
Preventative Tools and Strategies
Routines and Visuals
Classroom Environment
Social Stories
Sensory Supports
Communication
Relational Safety
More Resources
Neurodiversity Affirming Approach
Autism and Behaviorism
Autism and Cognition
Autism and Trauma
Autistic Voices
Connecting through Play
Disability Rights, Justice, etc.
ND-Affirming Supports
Presuming Competence
More Professional Learning
Websites & Free Resources
Academic Supports
Executive Functioning
Female Phenotype
Inclusion Resources
Interoception
PDA
Secondary & Transition-Aged
Structured Learning
Toileting
Visual Strategies
NWRESD Trainings
Girls & ASD
Structured Work Systems
Gestalt Language Processing
AAC for Special Education Teachers
Disability/Critical Race Theory, Disability Rights, & Decolonisation
Decolonising autism | BPS
Joris Lechêne with some advice for research and practice.
Autism Industrial Complex.pdf
DisCrit.pdf
disability and critical race theory.pdf
Copy of The Scholarly Neglect of Black Autistic Adults in Autism Research.pdf
Unsnarling PBIS and Trauma-Informed Education.pdf
Understanding and Promoting the Human Rights of Autistic People.pdf
Can PBIS Build Justice Rather Than Merely Restore Order_.pdf
Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers | Autism in Adulthood
In this commentary, we describe how language used to communicate about autism within much of autism research can reflect and perpetuate ableist ideologies (i.e., beliefs and practices that discriminate against people with disabilities), whether or not researchers intend to have such effects. Drawing largely from autistic scholarship on this subject, along with research and theory from disability studies and discourse analysis, we define ableism and its realization in linguistic practices, provide a historical overview of ableist language used to describe autism, and review calls from autistic researchers and laypeople to adopt alternative ways of speaking and writing. Finally, we provide several specific avenues to aid autism researchers in reflecting on and adjusting their language choices.
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