An inclusive teacher dedicated to making the classroom a better place for neurodivergent students.
Joined May 2020
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
@PaulCalandra @ONeducation @ChandraPasma @JohnFraserOS @MikeSchreiner
If you want to improve Ontario's education system for autistic students then speak to #ActuallyAutistic people
Systems built by & for neurotypicals often harm autistics
#OntEd #ONpoli #autism #NotWithoutUs
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
You only know what you know
Unfortunately what many people "know" about #autism is often outdated & ableist
When you know better, you can do better
If you want to learn & understand autism, please go to neuro-affirming sources
Otherwise you're doing more harm than good
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
19 Sep 2025
All too often,we diagnose a young person when we actually should be diagnosing their environment.
We need to look at their history of adversity,history of relational health.
We put them in a system that they cannot adapt to then we punish them without diagnosing the system🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
17 Sep 2025
The problem is not the kids.
It’s cuts to funding to support the needs of the kids.
Community mental health. EAs. Special education and ESL teachers. OT. PT. CYW.
Classroom teachers are not therapists or specialists.
Inclusion without support is abandonment.
#OntEd
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
17 Sep 2025
Providing your non-speaking / language-delayed / minimally speaking / situationally mute child an AAC device is not a "last resort" or "giving up on speech"
It's giving them a way to COMMUNICATE
#AAC #SLP #autism #neurodiversity
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
12 Sep 2025
After School Restraint Collapse is real
Tears, meltdowns, shouting or total shutdown – all signs your child is overwhelmed after a long day of masking, demands & social pressure
Managing this moment isn’t about discipline – it’s about regulation, empathy & connection
#autism
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
1 Sep 2025
Schools-
▶️Presume competence
▶️Stimming is regulation not behavior to stop
▶️Honor all forms of communication
▶️Adapt environment to meet sensory needs
▶️Never force eye contact
▶️Encourage autonomy thru choice
▶️Celebrate deep interests
▶️Learn fr autistic voices #OntEd #autism
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
1 Sep 2025
Pupils can't learn when they are scared.
Can't focus when they are anxious.
Can't follow instructions properly when they are overwhelmed.
Why,because heightened emotions like this, the cortex becomes under-resourced.The limbic system, emotional control centre takes over.🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
31 Aug 2025
Teachers -
Autistic children NEED movement to self-regulate
It's not something to work for or take away as punishment
Restrict access to it & you don’t get a more attentive or productive student. You get a body forced into shutdown & chaos they cannot escape
#autism #OntEd
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
13 Jun 2025
Childhood trauma is often misread in schools as being disruptive & challenging behaviour.The child then receives more punishment when they really need support. We need a shift from trauma informed settings
& create trauma responsive educational settings to support not punish🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
30 May 2025
Apparently it needs to be said again
#Inclusion does NOT mean all students stay in the common learning environment 100% of the time
It means all students get what they need to learn & can leave the classroom to work 1:1 and/or in groups, get movement breaks, etc #OntEd #autism
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
A recent study found that "mild" stress is enough to trigger PTSD in autistic individuals. Think about that. MILD stress triggering PTSD in autistic individuals. And not enough people are talking about it. This is a SIGNIFICANT finding, if you ask me.
So let's talk about it...
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
As #Autistics, we shouldn’t have to brace for April. And even when we try to stay positive, the onslaught of curricular violence is rampant. We need to do better as an Educational System.
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
#AutisticRightsAreHumanRights
1 Apr 2025
#WorldAutismDay (April 2nd) is a designated United Nations day. As such, any messaging in schools and businesses should be aligned to the #UNCRPD which Canada ratified. Focus on #AutisticAcceptance
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
#Neurodiversity
The #RainbowInfinity or #GoldInfinity
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
14 Feb 2025
We need more trauma informed care and trauma responsive education in our school settings. This gives our young people hope,healing, and builds resilience.🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
26 Jan 2025
A brains top priority is safety. So,it is biologically impossible for a pupil to process or absorb information if they are overwhelmed or in a state of stress,worry, or anxiety.Without safe,predictable,attuned,emotionally available adults, development & attainment will suffer🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
17 Jan 2025
Autism makes me highly sensitive to everything. Temperature, emotions, textures, noise, smells, tastes, exhaustion, light. My skin is sensitive to textures, resulting in frequent rashes, and my stomach sensitive to different foods. It’s like my body is constantly on high alert.
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
12 Jan 2025
Trying to teach without knowing how the brain works would be as much as pretending to design a glove without having ever seen a hand.🧠🌱
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
17 Aug 2020
Autistic people that society has decided are 'high functioning' tend to have a extremely disproportionate levels of mental illness and trauma, to the point where it's actually life limiting and life threatening.
Just because we CAN fake it, doesn't mean it's not killing us.
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Autistic Teacher retweeted
20 Dec 2024
Billionaires can write off the entire cost of their private jets and yachts on their taxes, but teachers can only write off up to $300 of school supplies for their classrooms.
This is what an oligarchy looks like.
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