A child is having outbursts at school, or at home, or wherever else, on a pretty regular basis. And at some point, someone suggests that they need to learn better coping skills.
They suggest therapy, or maybe thereâs even a special program at school. Because yes, better coping skills/self-regulation skills/frustration tolerance really would solve everything, wouldnât it?
Well those are fine skills to have, to be sure, but more often than not, itâs not what that child (or adult) needs most. What they really need is someone to figure out whatâs stressing them out so much and then do something about THAT.
Because itâs not actually weird to be distressed over distressing things. Maybe *you* donât understand whatâs so distressing about school or the grocery store or that new person in the house, but that doesnât mean *their* distress isnât legit.
People reeaalllly like to suggest better coping skills for autistic, ADHD, and otherwise ND folks. (Since we already have a diagnosis, itâs that much easier to locate the problem in US.) And what theyâre really saying with this an awful lot of the time is, âCan you please stop being so distressed by distressing things because itâs making a lot of work for us and weâre not about to change anything for you.â
So before you put someone in some sort of therapy that will teach them that theyâre wrong to be upset about the things that upset them and how to get better at pretending to be okay, maybe consider that you might be expecting them to âcopeâ with more than they can reasonably be expected to.
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does this annoy anyone else or is it just me
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the notes are broken đ
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Hi, me again. Youâre gonna see me a lot, Iâm sorry đĽ˛
Uh.. anywaysâŚ
*coughs, places catnip conveniently in reach of the droplets, coughs again. Leaves.*
Oh no
( I might have forgotten about this.. oops )
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yeah theyâre wild for that
My stance on Autism Speaks
So yesterday, my mother sent me a photo of a page on the Autism Speaks website. It said that they have removed âfinding a cure for autismâ from their vocabulary. On the same page they stated that they did not support eugenics.
I went on their page to do more research on what theyâre saying now. They have a page addressing their awful (and quite traumatizing) âI Am Autismâ video. They apologized for it and apologized to anyone that âwas offendedâ.
So what am I saying here?
I do not support Autism Speaks. I never will. Despite their apologies, they do not acknowledge all their wrongdoings. Even if they did, nothing will be able to make up for it. So, that being said, my stance remains the same:
If you support Autism Speaks, GET OFF MY FUCKING BLOG.
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âYou have 50 minutes remaining.â
Official art/fanart (idk what to call this) of Chapter 14 Lightning Scars by @morriganfey
The chapter was beautiful! I wonât spoil it, but you should definitely read it!
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GUYS!!!!
NEW!!!! SONIC.EXE!!! I THOUGHT OF!!!!
Basically, it happens when some guy canât afford a Sonic game, but he wants to play it. So he makes a â¨board gameâ¨
Little does he know, he used wood from an old ouija board. Or at least the Sonic piece was. (Iâm open to suggestions on how the game would work lol)
It gets passed around in yard sales. Sometimes people survive because they know somethingâs off, others donât.
thatâs the basic idea lol. Iâm gonna call him Bitty.EXE or Sonic.BIT because he remains a wooden game piece. The other EXEâs make fun of him. He ainât having it bro đ¤Ł
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me too bro
I drew the gang,
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Can yall send me asks with posters or cardboard cutouts from Security Breach to remake with my designs? You can only send one at a time, but I wont answer the asks, I'll make a post of the drawing and say "suggested by @[user]"
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Knowledge is empowering
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I want this to happen some day
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Oh.my.god.
The moment finally arrived?!
Wow-
I'm so glad he's finally opening up!
I also think Earth is one of the reasons he's changing and I'm so glad of it!!
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SUN'S TURN BECAUSE IM WONDERING ABOUT THIS TOO.
Hehehe
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Exactly. Even if the begin to actively engage with autistics and the way they think/believe, I will not forgive them.
My stance on Autism Speaks
So yesterday, my mother sent me a photo of a page on the Autism Speaks website. It said that they have removed âfinding a cure for autismâ from their vocabulary. On the same page they stated that they did not support eugenics.
I went on their page to do more research on what theyâre saying now. They have a page addressing their awful (and quite traumatizing) âI Am Autismâ video. They apologized for it and apologized to anyone that âwas offendedâ.
So what am I saying here?
I do not support Autism Speaks. I never will. Despite their apologies, they do not acknowledge all their wrongdoings. Even if they did, nothing will be able to make up for it. So, that being said, my stance remains the same:
If you support Autism Speaks, GET OFF MY FUCKING BLOG.
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