Tag: care
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Care is not charity or kindness. Care is the deeply fraught, complex, abolitionist, political work of protecting one another and the planet.
We updated our care vocabulary page with selections from “Are We Teaching Care or Control?” Care is not charity or kindness. Care is the deeply fraught, complex, abolitionist, political work of protecting one another and the planet, meeting everyone’s needs in balance with the collective good, and keeping our communities safe without the use of…
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Three Therapeutic Approaches to Supporting Autistic People in Healthcare Settings
We adore the Resources Library at Neurodiverse Connection. It’s very well curated. Their collection of therapeutic approaches lists three great resources that we’ve recommended often and recommend again here. Three Therapeutic Approaches to Supporting Autistic People in Healthcare Settings: We quote these resources all over our website. Here are some featured quotes from each. Autistic…
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A Credo for Support: Respecting Autonomy in a Society of Interdependence and Care
A CREDO FOR SUPPORT Do Not see my disability as the problem. Recognize that my disability is an attribute. Do Not see my disability as a deficit.It is you who see me as deviant and helpless. Do Not try to fix me because I am not broken.Support me. I can make my contribution to the community…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Tech Ethics, Algorithmic Oppression, Power, Accommodations, Accessibility, Care, Inclusion, Diagnosis, and Reframing
Our philosophy page collects quotes we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. We recently added quotes on tech ethics, algorithmic oppression, power, accommodations, accessibility, care, inclusion, diagnosis, and reframing. The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual. Affordability is a part of accessibility. We need a counterculture…
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Accommodations: Individualized Responses to Structural Design Problems
The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual. @laurenancona Yet on a programmatic basis, disability policy and other social programs remain enmeshed, even at their best, in accommodation models, where specific proven needs or deficits generate specific individualized responses. What might it look like to shift our framing of the social safety net to…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Community, Care, Love, Disability Justice, Interdependence, and Belonging
Our Philosophy page lists acquired phrases that we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. We added phrases on Community, Care, Love, Disability Justice, Interdependence, and Belonging from Dr. Sami Schalk, “Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope“, “Center Disability Justice in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts“, “You Are Not Entitled To…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Trauma, Hyper-punitive Cultures, Moving Carefully, Building With, Community, Health, and Writing
We steer by the collected phrases on our Philosophy page. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. Here are the most recent additions to our philosophy. We accompanied them with a design refresh, breaking out the sections of the philosophy more clearly. Check out the new look over on the Philosophy…
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Autism in Care Settings: Managing Sensory Load
Ann Memmott’s piece on “Useful New Autism Info for Care Settings” lists four great resources on accommodating autism in care settings, including two of our favorites: “It’s Not Rocket Science” and “Experience of Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Autistic Adults”. This is a list of useful research papers and Commissioned documents that have changed how…