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AUTISTIC HUMANS = HUMANS
"Society defines disabled people as incompetent, inferior, and permanently infantile." Lydia X.Z. Brown

Yulika Forman
Dec 22, 20192 min read
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"MILD" AND "HIGH-FUNCTIONING:" THE MISLEADING QUALIFIERS OF AUTISM
Mild autism doesn’t mean one experiences autism mildly . . . It means YOU experience their autism mildly.

Yulika Forman
Dec 16, 20195 min read
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CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND DIVORCE: BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
Children with autism require special approach because they are less capable of coping with the social and emotional aspects of divorce.

Yulika Forman
Dec 13, 20198 min read
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WHEN YOUR IEP TEAM DEFLECTS WITH AN EXCUSE... DON'T LET THEM
School after school, district after district, year in and year out, with inevitable predictability, I hear the same excuses.

Yulika Forman
Dec 9, 20199 min read
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SENSORY PROCESSING ON AN IEP or 504: WHAT, WHY AND HOW
Sensory differences should always be considered as a factor a child on the autism spectrum, even if the child is not showing any distress.

Yulika Forman
Dec 5, 20195 min read
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SCHOOLS AS PRISONS? ON USE OF SECLUSION AND ISOLATION
Children were put in rooms alone, with adults outside writing down their every move.

Yulika Forman
Dec 2, 20195 min read
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On Holidays and Meltdowns, but Mostly on Meltdowns
As the holiday season is coming upon us, those of us connected to autism find ourselves thinking about meltdowns.

Yulika Forman
Nov 25, 201914 min read
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WHAT'S TRUE, WHAT'S NOT, WHAT'S UP: AUTISM AND PAIN
The title of the article sounded like a horror movie title. I needed to know more.

Yulika Forman
Nov 18, 201911 min read
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When your child is just diagnosed: what to know
The day of diagnosis is impactful and never forgotten. Your child is the same as before, yet everything is d

Yulika Forman
Nov 14, 20197 min read
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