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On Controversy and Community
I said something in the Comments section of one of my earlier posts about GLP and Linguistics , referring to my opinion that the authors...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Jul 16 min read
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Another Linguist's Take on Blanc's Proposition of Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition: Part 2
What We're Here For Image Description: a purple dart sticking out of the center of a bulls-eye. Before we begin, I want to clarify for us...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Jun 215 min read
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Regulation: Why It Matters & Making It Better
My first post on regulation covered what it is and how it can go wrong. This time, let's focus on why it matters and how to make it...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Connection
I recently found this timely reminder for parents: "When you have to pick [between parenting and teaching], because at some point you...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20213 min read
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Autism Level-Up Month!
Many people know April as Autism Awareness Month. A significant portion of the autistic community -- especially #actuallyaustistic folks...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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What Now?! -- Things To Do While Social Distancing
Here's another list of links, this time full of ideas to help us all figure out what to do when we can't go out for our normal...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Regulation: What's The Big Deal?
If you've spent any time around autistic communities or educational and therapeutic professionals, you've probably heard the word...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Diagnosis and Identity
In an effort to be as informed a possible about my clients and their perspectives, I follow a number of Facebook groups focused on...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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An Overlooked Barrier to Communication?
A recent study of over 2000 autistic children in Australia found that more than a third of them had movement challenges, even though only...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Where The Problem Lives
The following quotes are from a single article about a community of people who all share the same communication disorder. As you read...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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Day #16: AAC Awareness Month - Body Language
For many people, technology is so appealing (and such an integral part of our daily lives) that we find it easy to focus on high-tech AAC...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #9: AAC Awareness Month - Cat Got Your Tongue?
AAC isn't just for those who can't speak at all. It's also for those who speak just fine some of the time but have trouble with speech...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Motivation - What's the Big Deal?
Think back to your least favorite subject in school. Everybody had one -- even the biggest nerds (myself included -- I was never a fan...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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Neurodiversity 101
Having just registered for this conference, I've definitely got neurodiversity on my mind. For those unfamiliar with the term, here's a...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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Repetition: Language-Learning Friend or Foe?
One of the greatest challenges of supporting autistic learners lies at the intersection of two facts about most autistic brains: 1) ...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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