1. "You don't need this junk. You need a cat.": Social Lessons I Learned At School →

    tal9000:

    TRIGGER WARNING: Bullying, suicide, euthanasia, institutionalization, murder by doctors, and maybe things I forgot too.

    youneedacat:

    “For elementary school children on the higher functioning end of the autism spectrum, I usually favor mainstreaming because it is essential for them to learn social skills from typically developing children.”

    —Temple Grandin, The Way I See It

    [If this is too long for you, scroll down to the…

    This post is amazing.

    “Dave Hingsburger points out that DD children who attend mainstream school are integrating a school system that doesn’t want them there with virtually no emotional support.” (from the post)

    Accurate.

    2. 29. January 2012

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      Really, really important post around autism, disability, social interaction and schooling, euthanasia and right to...
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      somehow different, but no...few friend at school. Then
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      am well-dressed after my own sensibilities, slender...sometimes leave restaurants
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      THIS. It took me so long to get over how school made me feel in general and about myself. I had so much internalized...
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      I wasn’t classified as “gifted” until 4th grade, but on top of also being a sick kid, I was socially isolated to the...
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      public schooling due...kids [tiny classrooms...teachers...
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