Tag: Accommodations

As someone who has both a physical and a mental disability, I have mixed feelings about accepting accommodations. Even though I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar disorder in my younger years there were probably some signs that were missed along the way early on. I feel that if I would’ve ...

Shame is a feeling that many autistics are all too familiar with. Throughout our lives, we are not only told we are different (which we are of course), but that this is something we should somehow be ashamed of. We are told that our stimming is weird, that our firm orientation towards linguist...

In 38 years, I finally found an autistic friendly place. For the first time, I went to an appointment where the instructions to get there were clear. Someone helped us through each step of the process, walking us to each new step. The place was super quiet! Things happened at time ...

During a conversation about an upcoming student teaching placement with a white, cis student teacher, the student raised concerns about teaching in a nearby urban school district. Despite repeated discussions about urban placements as centers rich with examples of cultural and linguistic wealth...