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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 […]

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The Double Empathy Problem (AA23)

April 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on The Double Empathy Problem (AA23)

There is a common misconception that people with autism don’t show empathy, or don’t feel empathy, or cannot take on the perspective of someone else. The three categories given in the DSM-5 definition of autism, […]

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Social Skills for Neurotypicals

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Social Skills for Neurotypicals

When you start to frame autism, ADHD, or other neurodivergences as really and truly just a difference instead of a disorder… It leaves space for realizing things like how the “social skills” that we teach […]

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Dear Autism

December 29, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Dear Autism

Dear Autism, You are the reason why my little boy gets passionately invested in particular things the way that he does. Ever since he was tiny it has always been this way, because of the […]

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