04/01/2022
Join me in celebrating Autism Awareness Month, which starts today.
Autism is my favorite diagnosis to work with as a clinician. But, for some reason it's hard for me to put into words why that is. I know..speech therapist right? Should be pretty easy for me to communicate my thoughts on a topic 😅
Some thoughts come to mind though, like:
-Watching autistic clients defeat stereotypes and defy expectations that are unfortunately cast upon them in a neurotypical, ableistic world
-Having to try to see the world through a different lense, a different viewpoint, in order to try to relate to and support clients as much as possible
-And being challenged to constantly figure out what those favorite items and favorite interests are so that hopefully, one day, they can communicate them in whatever method possible, no matter how "different" than mine or yours💙