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autistic, interpreter. activist. unschooling parent. disabled. chronically ill, artist, general killjoy

[rad @raynedep]

Deaf Autistic folks: I need your current thoughts on this whole shift in the sign for AUTISM/AUTISTIC that seems to be spreading. 1/2

#deaf #deafautistic #autism #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic

[rad @raynedep]

@apd282 @kristy_joy I have. Anyone can menstruate, we don’t always know the reason why because it’s not our business. But bottom line, it hurts no one to put them in both bathrooms and could help those that actually need them.

[rad @raynedep]

@SimplyMelony @kristy_joy Not only girls/women menstruate. Thats factually correct. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[rad @raynedep]

@NovicSara Ooooooooo

[rad @raynedep]

@metaforgotten @mchua I’m very sad to read this. I interacted with Mel in the past, and I had been hoping there would be good news coming. I’m thinking of you all who have shared community together, especially those who have fought cancer together 🙏🏻

[Ian "IaaS" Smith @metaforgotten]

Deaf and linguistics and disabled tweeps. @mchua died last night after 5 years of cancer. I'm heartbroken. Announcement below.

Please remember them with me in ways you feel moved to - do a thing, learn a thing, help someone enter our communities.

https://t.co/oMWx3uqGLm

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

When we teach our children that they must follow any rule an adult puts in place, no matter what, we make them vulnerable. When we teach them that they have no real voice, we make them vulnerable. When we tell them them have no right to ask why, or to explain themselves, we make them vulnerable.

We might think that we are keeping them safe, that we are putting boundaries in place, but, particularly as they get older, obedience without thought makes them vulnerable.

Not all adults have their interests at heart, even those in authority over them. A child who has been taught that adults always know best is convenient for those around them. ‘Easy to manage’ and biddable. Instant obedience can be trained, and makes an institution run smoothly. Children learn that there’s no point in disagreeing.

But children who have learnt to do what they are told, no matter what, are easier to exploit. Children who have not been allowed to question adults won’t suddenly start when things aren’t right.

As one young person said to me ‘I didn’t think I could say no’. When we take away agency from children, we make them vulnerable.

Saying No is important, and if we don’t show them that they can, how will they ever know?

[rad @raynedep]

@Imani_Barbarin Why are they not doing this??? That has been my question and then I see you explain exactly what I had been thinking. If @Imani_Barbarin has the same political strategy I did, I’m winning! But Dena are going to lose 😭😭

[rad @raynedep]

@AdamCSchembri @NovicSara Oops I just provided the same link to @NovicSara 🤦🏻‍♀️ I knew I was doing Twitter wrong! 😑

[rad @raynedep]

@Deaf @UnrollHelper

[rad @raynedep]

@AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition I agree. But people watching often learn something/think about something differently which is worth a shot. We all had to come across it somewhere first!

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher someone on that mindset and on those paths. How can they do the thing they are ready to do now? Can they prepare for it, feel as if they are getting started,
Etc? But bottom line, none of those examples would be helped with punishment/rewards or behavioral marks 🤷🏻‍♀️

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher Yeah so those are students who have pretty much already “checked out.” It’s going to be much harder to re engage them at that point, but not impossible. Switching to real world projects based on what they are planning to do next, for example is engaging to

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher Or not for very long if it all.

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher So those are students who had already been in the system awhile. So the questions are *why* they were not planning on it, not how to force them and punish them. Thats literally never worked

[rad @raynedep]

@MrMetacognition @AdamHighcliffe But now you’re talking about recording something else. This has been about using recorded behavior marks/points, etc to attempt to influence behavior or just punish. Find out what support a student needs in order to learn is totally different.

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher To meet testing goals, get funding, etc etc. Why would students be invested? Most kindergartners are pretty invested and that continues for numerous grades, depending on the kid. But then it’s a grind and sometimes it’s awful. That’s on us

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher When students are not invested? That’s on the adults and the systems, not the students. Schools as a whole and individual classrooms are not designed to meet their educational (and other) needs, but to increasingly control them and

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher motivation that aren’t based in good research. https://t.co/aiA15ccaRz

[rad @raynedep]

@KellySCC @MillieRose1302 @AnnieKenney24 @AdamHighcliffe @MrMetacognition @naomicfisher 2/3 My point is that there’s more going on than is being mentioned here. Identifying the reasons why student who don’t have the supplies they need are in that situation and then adjusting would be more helpful than trying to control behavior based on assumptions about intrinsic