ND BCBA for change. Future MFT. Advocating for neurodiversity informed, child-led, strengths- and relationship-based supports for autistic kids | she/her šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ

Joined March 2011
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It’s happening… soo soon!! 🤩
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We are SO close to our launch goal. Can you help us reach $5k for ND affirming resources in LA? indiegogo.com/projects/help-…
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Hi everyone! I am launching a neurodiversity affirming resource center in LA for kids and families with a few other ND therapists. We need to meet our minimum goal of $20k to cover costs to launch this Feb! Can you help us make it happen?? indiegogo.com/projects/help-…

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Realized I've been unmuted on a Zoom talking to my cat, happy Friday!
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As a clinical psychologist, I'm often asked what to do about school refusal. By which adults usually mean, how can we get the children to go to school and stop protesting? Here's why our kids need us to think differently. 1/
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it’s valid to not want kids. it’s valid to also not want a career. it’s valid to want a peaceful, child-free cabin in the woods where you pick berries and never work again
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(1) this is terrifying (2) i never want to hear about food shortages in communist countries whenever capitalism is criticized
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I work with children who are unhappy at school. One family told me what a therapist told them to do with their school-refusing 5-year-old. 'Put on his uniform', he said, 'and don't let him do things he likes until 3pm. Don't interact'. Here's why that is a misguided idea. 1/
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24 Feb 2022
when a h*rvard professor responds to my talk by saying my ā€œaffectā€ is ā€œan interesting professional choice,ā€ i just laugh and laugh, another interesting professional choice
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As someone born & raised in Odessa for roughly 1/3 of my life, who spent the other 2/3 in America, I know that most people don’t know much about Ukraine - which I get, I have many blind spots, so I thought I’d tweet some little basic things in case it helps make it real 🧵
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hey, just checking in, does anyone know what to................................. do
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When we tell our neurodivergent children to make eye contact, sit still, stop looking distracted, stop crying, draw like the other children etc. We're telling them their comfort does not matter.
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7 Feb 2022
my first experience with imposter syndrome was when i was 6 years old watching PBS & being told that viewers like me funded the entire station
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ladies, don’t forget to take ā€œjustā€ out of your emails. It undermines your power! but that’s just my opinion feel free to ignore :)
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NEW FINDING: Cash support for low-income families changes their infants' brain activity. The first study from our #BabysFirstYears randomized control trial of poverty reduction is out, in @PNASnews. pnas.org/content/119/5/e2115… ( 🧵)
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18 Jan 2022
ā€œTakiwatangaā€ is the Maori word for autism and it means ā€œIn their own time and spaceā€.
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ā€œThat’s not what I meant.ā€ —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (probably)
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11 Jan 2022
today, i was reminded that i cannot mental health, journal, therapy or optimize my way out of this pandemic. we're living through trauma with systems that are letting us down.
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