The North Star and the Compass

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You can’t have an inclusive Toronto without an anti-ableist Toronto
Also death; awful parents; therapy feedback forms; radical allowing; beyond tolerance; communities; BIRTHDAY QUILT!; choice board; birth in birthday
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Critiques of the term "invisible disability"
Also kind strangers; amazing AAC usage; Pictello; podcasts; not therapies; having to teach it all; pointing; educating everyone; public schools
On connecting with loved ones…
If you too have a kiddo that can’t easily connect with far-away loved ones over Zoom…
I am A-. I am amazing.
Background info:
On helping him pronounce things more clearly.
PROMPT and self-direction
On good enough being… good enough.
When we make Pictellos we’re very thoughtful about them.
Everything we did to prepare A- for my dad dying
And how A- seemed to grieve with the tools we gave him
On sudden, dramatic, changes!
And unschooling. And being patient. This one maybe is more for the parents...
Lots of pre-literacy updates all in a few weeks!
Those train letters are a heavenly gift!
Pictello is back
We made over 100 Pictellos - and they were a primary way A- both took in information, played and found joy, and sometimes communicated with us.
I am smart
This is a true story! On Ross Greene’s CPS and being smart.
Gestalts being complex communication with layer after layer of context and meaning
With a multi-modal example
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