Virginia Skar

Mom, SLP, Collaborator, & Language Enthusiast

[ASHA @ASHAWeb]

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[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

This is a great listen if this is an area of interest:

https://t.co/GLd3vugYD5

[Nest Support Project @nestnyu]

We're hiring! We are looking for an experienced special educator & an experienced speech therapist to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team that values inclusion, strengths, and celebration of difference.

For more information and to apply, see the link in our bio!

[Nest Support Project @nestnyu]

Additionally, we are imploring the American Psychiatric Association to engage with the autism community and shift the language used in the DSM to be more affirming to the neurodivergent community. Join us in our our petition at Change (dot) Org: https://t.co/SwioEe018A

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

@sivaps_s @ASHA_Events I will be there! Looking forward to it!

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

I am looking forward to this event!! VISIONS is committed to access + inclusion in NYC!! #inclusion #visuallyimpaired

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

Please share this position within your networks! ASD Nest is a wonderful place to work!

[Nest Support Project @nestnyu]

ASD Nest hiring! Join us as we foster inclusive K-12 schools for autistic students.

Check out our listing for a Social Development Consultant with the ASD Nest internal team:

https://t.co/m9f99a02kp

[Kristie Patten @Kpk3P]

Educators, therapists, researchers going to start sharing some wisdom from dear colleagues who added their voices to the Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecture I did @AOTAInc Inspire 22 conference. @autienelle asks us to pause, & if we also listen, we would change many of our practices!

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

@Kpk3P Congratulations, Kristie!!

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

Autistic children are being forced to assimilate and behave according to so-called "appropriate" social standards in order to survive a broken school system.

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

@alexrjt @GovKathyHochul I am eager to know this as well.

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

@GovKathyHochul Will autistic advocates serve on your Autism Spectrum Disorders Advisory Board?

[Betty Yu 蔡慧菁 (she) @bettyyu.bsky.social @Betty_HuiChing]

From Lydia X. Z. Brown @autistichoya, “If ableism teaches us that we’re wrong or burdensome for existing in the world as disabled, then disability justice teaches us that access is our birthright.” (Session 2073V) #ASHA21

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

Please join VISIONS for a virtual and fully accessible musical fundraiser. To learn more and register, visit https://t.co/A4X5IVB82x. Proceeds for this event will be used to support VISIONS Free Programs in Manhattan. @visionsvcb

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

Powerful thread on how problematic these charts can be and the reclaiming personal autistic emotional expressions. Thank you for sharing, @autienelle !!!!

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

Ever seen one of these emotions charts? These guides are meant to teach people what emotions are. Except, as an autistic person, I could never relate.

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

Ever seen one of these emotions charts? These guides are meant to teach people what emotions are. Except, as an autistic person, I could never relate.

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

@asdnestnyu Such a powerful alternative to compliance-driven approaches

[Nest Support Project @nestnyu]

While we as educators and practitioners desire to guide, serve, and support our autistic students, we must also teach our students to guide, serve, and support themselves. And give them opportunities to do so. #AutismAcceptance

[Virginia Skar @VirginiaSkar]

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[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

This is the key problem with a diagnosis of Autism being based entirely upon the deficit model.

Any sort of developmental progress is then seen as that person becoming somehow “less Autistic”.

It’s not becoming “less Autistic”. It’s human development.

[Edmund Asiedu, (He/Him) @AsieduEdmund]

Please you can still support my fundraising for Achilles International. Check out my fundraising page - https://t.co/Q4BCJsRGgj. #GoAchilles #Handcycling #NYCMarathon