#1 New Year vibes, already knackered, down with colds again and no resolutions made! Not an episode inviting a pity party but one encouraging awareness as I share what it's like for my non speaking son and I and how I describe just how fully competent he and all non speaking autistic people are and how we need to start to presume competence and treat them both with respect and age appropriately. tit bits on what I am learning as a Spell to Communicate Practitioner.

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#3

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:33 New Years vibes
• 2:53 This is not a pity party
• 4:08 What I assume those who know nothing of non speaking autism think my life and my sons life is like
• 5:50 Our non speaking children ARE clever
• 7:16 Sensory impacts
• 7:40 What non speaking autistic people have said themselves (via spelling/typing)
• 8:34 Cognition and Motor
• 11:50 Diagnosis and testing
• 14:06 The least dangerous assumption must surely be full competence? Until they themselves can communicate their thoughts to us
• 14:50 Henry interrupts the recording and says a very poorly (he is unwell) "hello"
• 16:16 A brief day in the life of

#4

• This is not a pity party but an invitation to become more aware of non speaking autism
• There is nothing wrong with their brains and competency/cognition, they simply have a brain body disconnect and a sensory system that is constantly going offline making motor tasks extremely challenging eg speech!
• Diagnosis and Intelligence testing
• What I assume others think my life with a non speaking child is like
• A day in the life of

#5 Calls to Action:

Intro only - new name and webpage + newsletter sign-up

#6 Books:

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Hiagshida

Ido in Autismland by Ido Kedar (available in audible too)

Carly's Voice by Arthur Fleischmann & Carly

*Underestimated by JB Handley & son

*= reference to S2C Spelling to Communicate program and EV, my course leader!

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#8 TBA