Sandra Peoples is one of the leading voices in the Special Needs Community. As a mother to a child with autism and a sister to an adult with Down Syndrome, Sandra has had a lifelong perspective on being in a special-needs family. Click here for some important reminders for our siblings: http://www.sandrapeoples.com/7-phrases-every-special-needs-sibling-needs-to-hear/
In this great article, Finn Gardiner helps us understand why labeling someone as “high functioning” or “low functioning” is not accurate and can even be hurtful. He summarizes the article to state that instead, ” we should talk about the specific kinds of support people need.” “When some doctors thought I had an intellectual disability, one of them said I…
This has been confusing to a lot of folks but C.L. Lynch has explained it perfectly here and she should know as an adult with Autism. This is worth a few minutes of your time so please read! “It’s a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think by C.L. Lynch
