"it's not in the same NEUROLOGICAL LANGUAGE" and "you're speaking two DIFFERENT LANGUAGES". Those words are SO IMPORTANT (as are all of Jamie's other words in this podcast, her video's, and blogs etc) because THIS IS the KEY DIFFERENCE between autistic and allistic people. We're speaking (primarily, if not completely, through our behaviour - including verbal) DIFFERENT NEUROLOGICAL LANGUAGES! I've read Jamie's excellent NeuroClastic article 'Why We Need to Start Treating "Autistic" As Another Language Instead of a Condition' and her explanation and analogy here makes perfect sense to me. In fact, not only do I FIRMLY believe that autism and allism are neurological language differences, I also believe this paradigm IS NEEDED in place of de-humanising and innacurate paradigms (that have existed around autism for decades and have caused GREAT harm to autistic people) and the core of my work as an autistic Life Coach is going to be focussed on this. I truely believe that an autism paradigm shift from 'disorder' to neurological language difference will literally change the lives of autistic people (and our allistic allies) for the better and, more importantly, literally help SAVE MANY LIVES. (Allistic as well as autistic) Thank you for this great podcast Danielle.
I can't speak for Jaime, but for me, I work in nonviolence, and "assume positive intent" is a core tenant of how I approach collaborative conversation. So it is something I tell neurotypical families a lot, yes!
"it's not in the same NEUROLOGICAL LANGUAGE" and "you're speaking two DIFFERENT LANGUAGES". Those words are SO IMPORTANT (as are all of Jamie's other words in this podcast, her video's, and blogs etc) because THIS IS the KEY DIFFERENCE between autistic and allistic people. We're speaking (primarily, if not completely, through our behaviour - including verbal) DIFFERENT NEUROLOGICAL LANGUAGES!
I've read Jamie's excellent NeuroClastic article 'Why We Need to Start Treating "Autistic" As Another Language Instead of a Condition' and her explanation and analogy here makes perfect sense to me. In fact, not only do I FIRMLY believe that autism and allism are neurological language differences, I also believe this paradigm IS NEEDED in place of de-humanising and innacurate paradigms (that have existed around autism for decades and have caused GREAT harm to autistic people) and the core of my work as an autistic Life Coach is going to be focussed on this.
I truely believe that an autism paradigm shift from 'disorder' to neurological language difference will literally change the lives of autistic people (and our allistic allies) for the better and, more importantly, literally help SAVE MANY LIVES. (Allistic as well as autistic)
Thank you for this great podcast Danielle.
What do you think of "assume positive intent" as a recommendation for a neurotypical mindset shift?
I can't speak for Jaime, but for me, I work in nonviolence, and "assume positive intent" is a core tenant of how I approach collaborative conversation. So it is something I tell neurotypical families a lot, yes!