Sutherland: Some subjects' hand flapping can mean happiness or distress. For more information on the study, go to heasutherland.com. #INSAR2025 - ThreadSky

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thinkingautism.com • 4 days ago

Sutherland: Some subjects' hand flapping can mean happiness or distress.

For more information on the study, go to https://heasutherland.com.

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: On Fear and Control: Some staff would lose their curiosity about appropriate support techniques and ended up "running through the motions."

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: Sometimes communication difficulties were due to staff's normative assumptions about communication. So if someone could speak a bit they assumed they should be able to speak more, instead of trying to use AAC or other communication methods.

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: So even though the supported people provided many different channels of communication, the staff did not always recognize those openings. And miscommunications ensued, especially when autistic "behaviors" were involved.

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: However, both staff and supported people had friends amongst the other group. Successful communication was an important part of friendship and rapport.

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: Both parties needed to adapt their communication styles and preferences to accommodate each other for successful engagement. Sometimes staff adopted more autistic styles of communication and behavior as a result.

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thinkingautism.com•4 days ago

Sutherland: Who gets to be the expert? Who gets to speak for the autistic people? Sustained self-advocacy is often very difficult for autistic people with high support needs.

Very important to center the #neurodiversity and double empathy problem paradigms.

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