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How can we cultivate spaces where everyone has that soaring sense of inclusion?
s.e. smith

The Need
Space without BehaviorismUltimately behaviorism provides a simplistic lens that canβt see beyond itself.Why is the doctrine of behaviorism still being used, at all?How can ABA be the gold-standard for autism when it... More, Segregation, or Ableism
ableΒ·ism /ΛΔbΙΛlizΙm/ nounA system of assigning value to people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness. These constructed ideas are deeply... More

The Learning
Passion-Based, Human-Centered LearningA human-centered education: β’ Cultivates Purpose-Driven Classrooms β’ Ends Dehumanizing Practices β’ Demands Social Justice β’ Builds a Human-Centered World https://youtu.be/JsrsgM6LqiI https://youtu.be/h9gQXG9T1RM Build human-centered classrooms around four values: β’ Learning... More Compatible With NeurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itβs not a perspective, an approach, a... More and the Social Model of DisabilityIn the broadest sense, the social model of disability is about nothing more complicated than a clear focus on the economic, environmental and cultural barriers encountered by people who are... More

The Gift
We have created a system that has you submit yourself, or your child, to patient hood to access the right to learn differentlyOur friends and allies at Randimals have a saying, What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.Randimals We agree. Randimals are made up of two different animals... More. The right to learn differently should be a universal human right thatβs not mediated by a diagnosisSelf diagnosis is not just βvalidβ β it is liberatory. When we define our community ourselves and wrest our right to self-definition back from the systems that painted us as... More.
- β‘οΈπ¦ π The Feeling: Electric Belonging and Soaring Inclusion
- π€² We create crip space that evokes the electrifying feeling of belonging.
- π©ββ€οΈβπ¨ We foster the feeling of access intimacy.
- π The Learning: Passion-Based, Human-Centered Learning Compatible With Neurodiversity and the Social Model of Disability
β‘οΈπ¦ π The Feeling: Electric Belonging and Soaring Inclusion
All human beings have the same innate need: We long to belong.
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety
Being legible requires other people to have the ability to make sense of me. That means I am a thing that exists but that is also supposed to exist, in a given space or conversation or exchange.
Why I Hate* California – essaying
π€² We create crip space that evokes the electrifying feeling of belonging.
It is very rare, as a disabledThe label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... More person, that I have an intense sense of belonging, of being not just tolerated or included in a space but actively owning it; “This space,” I whisper to myself, “is for me.” Next to me, I sense my friend has the same electrified feeling. This space is for us.
This is precisely why they are needed: as long as claiming our own ground is treated as an act of hostility, we need our ground. We need the sense of community
What I have always been hoping to accomplish is the creation of community.Community is magic. Community is power. Community is resistance.Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-First-Person-Stories-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B082ZQBL98/ https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-Adapted-Young-Adults-ebook/dp/B08VFT4R9T/... More for disabled people created in crip space.
How can we cultivate spaces where everyone has that soaring sense of inclusion, where we can have difficult and meaningful conversations?
Because everyone deserves the shelter and embrace of crip space, to find their people and set down roots in a place they can call home.
“The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People” by s.e. smith in “Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century“
π©ββ€οΈβπ¨ We foster the feeling of access intimacy.
Access intimacyAccess intimacy is that elusive, hard to describe feeling when someone else βgetsβ your access needs. The kind of eerie comfort that your disabled self feels with someone on a... More is that elusive, hard to describe feeling when someone else βgetsβ your access needs. The kind of eerie comfort that your disabled self feels with someone on a purely access level. Sometimes it can happen with complete strangers, disabled or not, or sometimes it can be built over years. It could also be the way your body relaxes and opens up with someone when all your access needs are being met. It is not dependent on someone having a political understanding of disability, ableism or access. Some of the people I have experienced the deepest access intimacy with (especially able bodied people) have had no education or exposure to a political understanding of disability.
Access Intimacy: The Missing Link | Leaving Evidence
And I’m doing
The Curse, Solillaquists of Sound
Better, every day
Because of those who stay aware
That we’re as great as we make
And not all differencesOur friends and allies at Randimals have a saying, What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.Randimals We agree. Randimals are made up of two different animals... More need to be so
Explained
π The Learning: Passion-Based, Human-Centered Learning Compatible With Neurodiversity and the Social Model of Disability
Within our space of access intimacy, we practice niche constructionPositive Niche Construction--practice of differentiating instruction for the neurodiverse brainNeurodiversity in the Classroom Positive niche construction is a strengths-based approach to educating students with disabilities. Reimagining Inclusion with Positive Niche... More and human-centered learning. Continue to learn more.