Author: Me, the Boy and The Monster; Adopting a Musical Approach | These days mostly in charge of @LiveToYourLR #OpenlyAutistic #NeurodiverseSquad
Oct 20, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
There’s a side to so-called ‘high functioning’ #autism that you don’t see. You don’t see it, because our high functioning brains give us the ability to hide it from you. #autistic 1/
I went on the People’s Vote March yesterday. It wasn’t a long day; I left home at 9am and was back by six thirty. When I got home I went straight to bed, and it took me until after 2am to wind down from the sensory overload enough to sleep. #autistic 2/
Sep 3, 2019 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Right, I said I’d do a follow up thread for what happened after this incident yesterday, so this is today’s second thread on how #teachers can be more specific to help #autistic students understand what you’re asking them to do. #EduTwitter 1/
The second thing that caused a Fairy meltdown yesterday was the art teacher asking the students to choose ‘a famous painting’ from google image search. She said it could be any painting, it didn’t matter what they chose. 2/
Sep 3, 2019 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
This is a thread about #autistic children and ONE of the reasons why school can be difficult/stressful.
It’s a thing that NTs find hard to understand, and I’ve struggled to explain it to Fairy’s teachers in the past, but it’s SO important.
Teachers: I absolutely acknowledge that you are trying your best to be clear with your students. Only, please don’t underestimate quite how *specific* you need to be with your autistic pupils. 2/
