Anne L asked:
What seems to benefit autistic students the most when it comes to inclusion practices? What is disfunctional about current inclusion practices and what could be done to change that?
What seems to benefit autistic students the most when it comes to inclusion practices? What is disfunctional about current inclusion practices and what could be done to change that?
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For some normal students, they just feel uncomfortable doing those practices. So I think the disfunctional part about these practices is that schools are forcing students to do it, even if they don’t want to. I, for one, remember being VERY uncomfortable during these sessions, and just wanting to get up and leave. It’s not like I was trying to insult the autistic students, it’s just that I did not feel comfortable in an environment like that, because some people just don’t. The schools should make sure that regular students are okay with doing those practices, and only take the ones who are comfortable with doing them.
Autism manifests individual symptoms in every individual. The most common behavior is to ignore their environment and stay in their own brain. But there is a broad range of severity. Mild, to intense. My idea about therapy for those with autism is to introduce them to an area that has articles with different textures, whistles, drums, electronic toys like Simon says, rattles, towels, those boxes that have different environmental sounds available, metal mirrors, a hair brush, and just let the person choose. If an autistic wants to be touched, they will come to you and touch you. Finger paints are a great way for them to express their feelings. Plus they are not toxic if the person decides to eat any of them. Actually little is known about autism. It can be diagnosed, but treatment modality is pretty iffy.
Look into this story of a 13 year old from Toronto. Through years of ABA (Applied Behavour Analysis) therapy she has been able to communicate via her computer. An amazing story. Do yourself a favour and follow this story, you will be moved.
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