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Mona Pereth
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01 Oct 2019, 7:55 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I believe "strength-based" sorts of therapy are better than focusing on what people CAN'T do.

It would sure be nice if this were more widely noticed.

It should also be noted that you are speaking as someone who was severely disabled as a small child -- severely disabled enough to have been diagnosed back in the days when the definition of "autism" was limited to very severe disability. In other words, the strength-based approach isn't just for the highest-functioning Aspies.


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01 Oct 2019, 8:00 pm

Exactly. It's for everybody. Especially for "lower-functioning" folks.