Really cool interview caught this morning from @thinkingautism.com Believing in Nonspeakers and Communication Rights share.google/MA3qXvW3RmnW...

Believing in Nonspeakers and Communication Rights

We spoke with Dr. Jaswal about his research validating and supporting non-speakers with speech disabilities in their communication efforts.

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How can autistic people recover from short-turn autistic burnout? @mx-joyner.bsky.social has very specific, tried-and-true strategies that might help you or your autistic loved one, at TPGA (and yes this includes kids and adults with high support needs). thinkingautismguide.com/2025/10/we-g...

We. Get. Tired! Recovering From Situational Autistic Burnout — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Parents need to know that autistic kids get TIRED. We autistics need rest, more frequently and in greater durations than non-autistic people.

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Further discussions about swimming in the sea today. Autistic son says he loves having a break from apraxia and feels that his body is developed to be in the water. I have strong suspicions that he was a seal in a former life!

1. A story. Please read. Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit. I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

On holiday currently and my non-speaking autistic son was having difficulty getting into the sea despite wanting to have a swim. We discussed his anxieties and practised some mindfulness and hey presto he had a lovely swim. Never underestimate the gift of communication ❤️

Exciting research to enhance communication amongst non-speaking autistic people using AR spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...

Augmented Reality Could Unlock the Voices of Nonspeaking Autistic People

Jeremy, a 31-year-old autistic man, defies assumptions by using an AR headset to communicate via the HoloBoard. Despite challenges, new research shows that nonspeaking autistic individuals can type in...

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Beyond Vikram Jaswal's @craeioe.bsky.social talk on supporting nonspeaking autistic ppl's flourishing (recording below), Vikram collaborated w/ nonspeakers to design augmented reality communication technology "The quest to ensure nonspeaking autistic ppl are heard" spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...

Augmented Reality Could Unlock the Voices of Nonspeaking Autistic People

Jeremy, a 31-year-old autistic man, defies assumptions by using an AR headset to communicate via the HoloBoard. Despite challenges, new research shows that nonspeaking autistic individuals can type in...

spectrum.ieee.org

Centre for Research in Autism and Education@craeioe.bsky.social · last yr.

Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing, Vikram Jaswal (3rd April 2025) #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...

Exciting research to enhance communication amongst non-speaking autistic people using AR spectrum.ieee.org/nonverbal-au...

Augmented Reality Could Unlock the Voices of Nonspeaking Autistic People

Jeremy, a 31-year-old autistic man, defies assumptions by using an AR headset to communicate via the HoloBoard. Despite challenges, new research shows that nonspeaking autistic individuals can type in...

spectrum.ieee.org

Q1. What are your top three priorities for Autism Research? A.1. Providing support for for autistics who don’t use spoken language, their families, and all the professionals who work with them.

New editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social with @yesthattoo.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social and @bettyyu.bsky.social where we argue that "nonverbal" and "minimally verbal" are not useful constructs for grouping or describing autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Jordyn Zimmerman, Betty Yu, 2025

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Just in case you missed it, last week's #CRAElecture is now available on YouTube: Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing using collaborative cognitive science, with Vikram Jaswal youtu.be/qnVs5u2S8bA

Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing, Vikram Jaswal (3rd April 2025)

CRAE's 2025 annual lecture - Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing using collaborative cognitive science, with Prof. Vikram Jaswal

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Supporting an advocate the same age as my eldest son today. We had loads to chat about - A levels that weren’t taken, online university lectures etc but boy does that make me feel old!

Fabulous lecture from Vikram. The Matty J referred to in the chat is our very own @mattythenonspeaker.bsky.social

Centre for Research in Autism and Education@craeioe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Can we commend last week's CRAE lecture to you? It is now up on YouTube. Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing using collaborative cognitive science, with Vikram Jaswal From letterboards, to whack-a-mole spelling, to VR. youtu.be/qnVs5u2S8bA

It’s still not too late to get yourself a ticket to listen to Vikram Jaswal on Supporting nonspeaking autistic people’s flourishing. This Thursday at 6pm GMT Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing

... using collaborative cognitive science. With Vikram Jaswal

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“I’ll be as bold as Attlee” Keir Starmer promised on the eve of the last general election, telling the Big Issue magazine that “I ran a public service during austerity, I saw the impact of the Tories’ decisions. There will be no return to austerity with a Labour Government.”

victoria1921.bsky.social@victoria1921.bsky.social · 2y ago

After 14 years of Tory austerity, corruption, incompetence and a disastrous Brexit, clearly there are big obstacles for a new government to overcome. But losing the support and trust of core voters who believe in equality and fairness isn't a good idea. 🙏 Rethink open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

Ravel Reeves thinks she is facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. She and Labour are facing a political crisis that demands that she spends. But will she realise that? youtu.be/b6EEzOofQbM?...

Reeves thinks she’s facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. We have a political crisis.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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#DisabilityBenefits cuts will cost more in every way. “For every pound that someone loses in benefits, you know that – if a council has to step in to cover the shortfall – it’s about £1.50 additional impact”- Disability Policy Centre. Important piece by @cjayanetti.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3vun5uz8

Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts

Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn

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Thinking about this today…

The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific. This is 21st century Nazism. Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised. Where is the global outrage? The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio. I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’. 😡

After watching ‘Adolescence’ on Netflix, this article hits home. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Teachers are describing something different’: the escalating culture of misogyny in Australian classrooms | Jess Hill

Alongside stories of increasing ‘performative toxicity’ among boys, teachers say this generation is also the most switched on ever. Can education really change student behaviour?

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Meeting with a friend’s 5 year old son on Monday - he’s very bright. What do boys read? #Edusky

The Tesla boycott is one of the easier campaigns to support. Happy to report I didn’t buy a single Tesla again this week.

Word of the day is ‘whiffling’ (17th century): fickle, inconstant, and making it up as you go along.

In other breaking news, magnolias are in full bloom around here.

Another awful reminder this week, that the greatest risk to people with social care needs is our offer of safety socialworkcatsandrocketscience.com/2024/02/16/t...

The Overwhelming Risk of Safety

At the end of the meeting, Steve, who said he was the Chair of the meeting, said he needed to sum up. Smiling sympathetically at Susan, and sitting perched on the edge of the settee that she had le…

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 45 years inside for, er, being autistic. Remind me what the worst criminals get?...

Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years

“Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.

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When your words come back to haunt you after you sold your soul to the Devil. Slava Ukraini and Fxxk Trump.

CALL TO ACTIVISM@calltoactivism.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Charlie doesn’t look too perturbed by the lack of a suit!

Starmer says that he won’t reveal the contents of his conversation with Trump last night but says he wouldn’t be proposing what he’s proposing unless he thought it had a chance of his backing.