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Recent content by Sweet potato

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    The Sentence No One Should Ever Say

    I feel like the flip side to "they know/understand nothing" is "they understand everything" I work in an SEN school and I regularly hear both and both are equally damaging. One leads to people not being pushed to their full potential the other leads to unrealistic expectations not to mention...
  2. Sweet potato

    What is Your Pet Doing Right Now?

  3. Sweet potato

    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    Once novelty ended
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    Regrettable groovy handshake
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    Ants talking eugenics
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    My evening sandwich
  7. Sweet potato

    What is Your Pet Doing Right Now?

    My lovey long boy spirit is sulking in his log
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    Normal concious effort
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    Direct eye contact when interacting with NTs

    I usually look at people's forehead wrinkles especially the little ones between the eyes. Straight up eye contact just makes me loose my trail of thought its like a wierd spell. I sometimes make eye contact when someone's talking to me if I'm masking hard. But I still can't do it when I'm...
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    It's not green
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    What are your controversial opinions regarding the autism spectrum?

    I'm not sure it's a case of not wanting to be different and wierd on our own terms but more a case of not wanting to have that label thrust upon us when we're trying our best to fit in. I once really embraced being wierd before my diagnosis but looking back that was a coping mechanism for the...
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    GREEN

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    What are your controversial opinions regarding the autism spectrum?

    My controversial opinion is that raising an autistic child isn't necessarily harder than raising an NT child. I say this having never raised a child of my own at all but I work with children with special needs. A lot of parents will go on about how hard raising an autistic child is and how...
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    What are your controversial opinions regarding the autism spectrum?

    I like the pressure ear defenders apply to my head it feels cosy and calming. I use them around the house and occasionally at work in the case of fire drills etc. I'm sensitive to loud noises but don't like to wear earplugs, headphones or ear defenders in public as I feel it makes me less aware...
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    Receptive language disorder: how can I help my son with ASD understand speech?

    Does he use pictures/ PECs or sign language/ Makaton to communicate?
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