Lauren Melissa posted this video on Twitter, described as follows:
Quote:
Neurodivergent sitting positions should not be "corrected." We sit in ways that provide stability, compression, and stimulation for our bodies.
Forcing us to sit still often actually hinders our focus and sensory development.
Agreed for the most part, with one caveat: SOME autistic people have difficulty with
interoception and thus may sit in ways that are actually bad for them.
But that's an entirely different matter from pressuring autistic people to sit in a certain way just to look "normal."
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