Background.
- LISTEN Movie | CommunicationFIRST
- A Metamorphosis by Damon Kirsebom
- The Autism Experience Challenge | Ido Kedar
Communication is Everything.
A common thread that every single nonspeaker shares is just how important having a way of communicating is. Communication is survival, it is freedom , it is a basic civil right and it is EVERYTHING. However it looks, it cannot wait. Here’s some of us talking about that.
Quotes from many different nonspeakers who come from many different experiences , about the silence we have dealt with for so much of our lives. And how it feels to come out of that silence.
- Freedom Is - Gregory Tino | The Autistic Mind Finally Speaks. A poem by Gregory Tino on the little and huge joys and freedoms of having a way to communicate.
- Coming Out Of Silence - Everyone Communicates
Quotes from many different nonspeakers who come from many different experiences , about the silence we have dealt with for so much of our lives. And how it feels to come out of that silence.
- My Words are Beautiful - Nicolaas Paulsen | my silent voice / my stil stem
- Nonspeaking autistic self-advocacy - Noah Seback | Beyond 10 Seconds Podcast
- Hello again and communication- Roses are Red for Autism
Presume Competence.
- How Presuming Competence Helps | Amy Sequenzia
- Presume Competence | Niko Boskovic
- The Impact of Believing in Incapability | Emma's Hope Book
- The Presumption of Competence- Donnie TC Denome | mumblings from an autistic fairy
- Dangerous Assumptions - Julia Bascom | Just Stimming
- Presume Competence - Luke Verhoeff | This is Luke
- https://emmashopebook.com/2013/03/07/presume-competence-what-does-that-mean-exactly/
Listening doesn’t have a look:
- Listening Is My Jam - Julia Griffith | My Beautiful Autistic Mind
- Listening – Swarit Gopalan
- Uniquely Speaking: Time is Patience ( parent)