However, I have been struggling to communicate with people my whole life from speech difficulties, being Autistic (not being a mainstream general person), and living my life as a person who cannot understand the jargon most people including my family tries to convey to me. This is when self-advocacy becomes important especially when I need my space too, understanding other people’s words spoken to me, and knowing when to communicate with or without my mouth.
Communication is key!!
But, my communication style has always been a struggle for others to understand. I do have echolalia, I do have multi-sensory issues, I do stim, I do think visually, and I love listening to people through music and I do love to dance like my papa Dave did!
Communication is key!!
Struggling to communicate is improper with people who struggle because everyone needs to interact and speak in a standard way through vocalizing thoughts through the mouth from mainstream society.
What can we do? What are we able to communicate to others when there is a disconnect especially with families and their Autistic children and siblings?
Connection is good, however when there is too much disconnect between families and their Autistic children or siblings, there needs to be a meeting point of each other to meet half way. By meeting halfway, we need to communicate by seeing each other at the right distance without seeing too far or too close. This is a problem for all families of Disabled people and Disabled people themselves.
Communication is key and the social model is much better when the medical model has caused so much pain and stigma!!
When can communication become the right when all of us who need to connect with each other? When can we understand and accept each other regardless???
Language is individualized for each person. Self-determination is important for everyone while the importance of connection continues through learning from each other, learning on our own, and not being dependent on the system being medical model or stigmatizations society give us.
This is all the things to think about as when we need acceptance and understanding during the month of April for Autism Acceptance Month.
Remember communication is a two way street of understanding each other without getting too stressed, too angry, too overreaction, or too hurt from pain causing other’s too much pain too. I have felt pain in my past, but now it’s time to move forward and be happy as I remember the very need to maintain myself to continue to be positive!
Love my family, love all my friends, love all my support network, and love the world.
Thank you all!!!
Communication is KEY!!!
Doing well in graduate school!!!!
OUT, J