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What is Modeling?

February 5, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on What is Modeling?

Somebody asked me the other day if I’ve ever written a post defining what modeling is. I haven’t, but it’s a good idea since I suggest modeling things for children basically constantly. 🙂 I think […]

Autism

Because Cats Aren’t Dogs [AA23]

April 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Because Cats Aren’t Dogs [AA23]

This post by NeuroWild does an incredibly concise job of showing the harm that the “medical model” can perpetuate in describing autism — specifically, in the way that it describes Autistic people solely by comparing […]

Autism

Communicating =/= Speaking

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Communicating =/= Speaking

Communicating is not always speaking. It can be easy to write off neurodivergent people’s voices because they don’t always sound like neurotypical people’s voices. Imagine finally taking the effort and time to explain something that […]

Philosophy

AAC Babbling & Repeated Noise

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on AAC Babbling & Repeated Noise

In my recent experiment with consulting with a few people via email, I received this lovely question! The asker was asking about their child specifically, and their child is a young adult. However, the specifics […]

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