Hello, my name is Marissa Galati and I am student going to school to be a special education teacher. I have an assignment to help understand the tools currently used to help people on the autistic scale. The class is Survey of Exceptional Learners taught by Lynn Coupland at Portland state university. You have the option of being anonymous in your answers. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
1. Please describe any difficulties you might have with understanding or expressing language, either written or verbal. What is the best way to have a conversation with you?
2. Please describe any difficulties you have with tasks like eating, dressing, cleaning, or grooming. Do you use any tools or strategies to handle these tasks?
3. Do you have any sound or light aversions or sensitivities? How do you best cope with types of lighting and sounds that are hard for you?
4. Do you have any touch or texture aversions like physical contact with other people like or fabrics, flooring, and street pavement types?
5. Do you use sign language or texting? Frequently, Sometimes or Never? What is your primary method of communicating?
6. How comfortable are you in group or social settings? What strategies do you use to adapt to uncomfortable group settings?
7. Do you use a support person or aide? If so, what tasks the support person or aide helps you with?
8. Do you use a service or emotional support animal?
9. What situations cause you stress or anxiety? What should people do if you are showing signs of being overwhelmed by stress or anxiety?
10. Please describe other tools or services you use to improve accessibility that were not mentioned above.
1. Please describe any difficulties you might have with understanding or expressing language, either written or verbal. What is the best way to have a conversation with you?
2. Please describe any difficulties you have with tasks like eating, dressing, cleaning, or grooming. Do you use any tools or strategies to handle these tasks?
3. Do you have any sound or light aversions or sensitivities? How do you best cope with types of lighting and sounds that are hard for you?
4. Do you have any touch or texture aversions like physical contact with other people like or fabrics, flooring, and street pavement types?
5. Do you use sign language or texting? Frequently, Sometimes or Never? What is your primary method of communicating?
6. How comfortable are you in group or social settings? What strategies do you use to adapt to uncomfortable group settings?
7. Do you use a support person or aide? If so, what tasks the support person or aide helps you with?
8. Do you use a service or emotional support animal?
9. What situations cause you stress or anxiety? What should people do if you are showing signs of being overwhelmed by stress or anxiety?
10. Please describe other tools or services you use to improve accessibility that were not mentioned above.
