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Really cool interview caught this morning from @thinkingautism.com
Believing in Nonspeakers and Communication Rights share.google/MA3qXvW3RmnW...
How can autistic people recover from short-turn autistic burnout? @mx-joyner.bsky.social has very specific, tried-and-true strategies that might help you or your autistic loved one, at TPGA (and yes this includes kids and adults with high support needs).
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/10/we-g...
Thanks Helen. The shades of grey go both ways.
Interesting blog. The difficulty in our experience is that for non-speaking autists who move differently to the “norm” incompetence is generally presumed.
Further discussions about swimming in the sea today. Autistic son says he loves having a break from apraxia and feels that his body is developed to be in the water. I have strong suspicions that he was a seal in a former life!
1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
On holiday currently and my non-speaking autistic son was having difficulty getting into the sea despite wanting to have a swim. We discussed his anxieties and practised some mindfulness and hey presto he had a lovely swim. Never underestimate the gift of communication ❤️
Exciting research to enhance communication amongst non-speaking autistic people using AR
spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...
Beyond Vikram Jaswal's @craeioe.bsky.social talk on supporting nonspeaking autistic ppl's flourishing (recording below), Vikram collaborated w/ nonspeakers to design augmented reality communication technology
"The quest to ensure nonspeaking autistic ppl are heard" spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...
I used to. Feel free to message.
Exciting research to enhance communication amongst non-speaking autistic people using AR
spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...
Q1. What are your top three priorities for Autism Research?
A.1. Providing support for for autistics who don’t use spoken language, their families, and all the professionals who work with them.
New editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social with @yesthattoo.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social and @bettyyu.bsky.social where we argue that "nonverbal" and "minimally verbal" are not useful constructs for grouping or describing autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Just in case you missed it, last week's #CRAElecture is now available on YouTube:
Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing using collaborative cognitive science, with Vikram Jaswal
youtu.be/qnVs5u2S8bA
Supporting an advocate the same age as my eldest son today. We had loads to chat about - A levels that weren’t taken, online university lectures etc but boy does that make me feel old!
Who is it this time?
Fabulous lecture from Vikram. The Matty J referred to in the chat is our very own @mattythenonspeaker.bsky.social
It’s still not too late to get yourself a ticket to listen to Vikram Jaswal on Supporting nonspeaking autistic people’s flourishing.
This Thursday at 6pm GMT
Link:
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
“I’ll be as bold as Attlee” Keir Starmer promised on the eve of the last general election, telling the Big Issue magazine that “I ran a public service during austerity, I saw the impact of the Tories’ decisions. There will be no return to austerity with a Labour Government.”
Ravel Reeves thinks she is facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. She and Labour are facing a political crisis that demands that she spends. But will she realise that?
youtu.be/b6EEzOofQbM?...
#DisabilityBenefits cuts will cost more in every way.
“For every pound that someone loses in benefits, you know that – if a council has to step in to cover the shortfall – it’s about £1.50 additional impact”- Disability Policy Centre.
Important piece by @cjayanetti.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3vun5uz8
First they came poem by Martin Niemöller
Thinking about this today…
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.
I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.
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After watching ‘Adolescence’ on Netflix, this article hits home. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We’ll have it if you’d like to send it our way….
Not to mention the disabled people who live with uncertainty and insecurity.
Thank-you x
One for you too @porschespider.bsky.social When we saw him last spring he was very into dinosaurs.
