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How to Reduce Adult Demands to Increase Autistic Joy with Amanda Diekman
How to Reduce Adult Demands to Increase Autistic Joy with Amanda Diekman
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There’s a tool that is missing from most of our therapy bags: it’s lowering the demands for our Autistic clients. This tool is irreplaceable for helping Autistic people recover from the burnout cycle, and even for preventing burnout all together. Amanda Diekman (“Low Demand Amanda”) helps us figure out how to do just that.
Released:
Dec 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Power of Presuming Competence with Non-speaking AAC User Ido Kedar: Ido Kedar is an autistic-self advocate and the author of two books. He is a non-speaking autistic person who uses a voice-output typing device to communicate. Tune to hear about Ido’s experience in therapies both before and after he could communicate, as well as his concrete advice on how therapists can be more respectful and effective when working with non-speaking clients on the spectrum. by Two Sides of the Spectrum