Reddit reviews Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking
We found 2 Reddit comments about Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews Loud Hands: Autistic People, SpeakingWe found 2 Reddit comments about Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
"Nobody sits there and thinks, "I'm not going to use people first language because I want them to realize they're subhuman."" - an ABA-head, if true to Ivar Lovaas's ideas DOES think we're subhuman...
"And nobody thinks, "Damn, they didn't use people first language to me, I'm offended."" - this DID occur early on - and we had to fight that as part of the early activism on and via ANI-L. Back when Jim SInclair wrote "DOn;t mourn for us" in 1993.
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It echoed people trying to tone-police Ian Dury when he was asked to write a song for UN Year of the Disabled in 1981 - so he wrote Spasticus Autisiticus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKnBgJG9A8E, which was used in the Paralympics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9AI6VAimY
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Have a read of Loud Hands - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B07AUTI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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I was there throughout...
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I'd never heard of Loud Hands before, but it looks great. Thanks for recommending it! Adding to my list.
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