Communication for Education

This guide is designed to accompany CFE's online course, but it can also act as a powerful stand alone resource, giving you tools to navigate many topics that impact the communication and education of nonspeaking, minimally speaking, and unreliably speaking learners.

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Autism Terminology Preferences Among Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in North America | Autism in Adulthood Background: There is widespread debate about the language used to describe autistic people; many professionals prefer person-first language (e.g., “person with autism”), and many autistic people prefe...

Today in Hell Yes, Research! and also Journalists, Take Note:

Autistic people in North America consistently prefer the term "autistic" compared to "person with autism"—and also dislike/don't use functioning labels like "high-" or "low-functioning autism."

www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... #autism

07.02.2025 01:42 — 👍 152    🔁 53    💬 4    📌 3

[a black and white photograph of a TJ pointing to letters on a laminated board held by a communication partner.]

"When you look like a typical person and speak like one too the world looks at you with more respect.

I might look typical at first glance and my mouth speaks words, but almost never the words that are in my mind.
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