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Presuming Intellect: Ten Ways to Enrich Our Relationships Through A Belief in Competence
Friday, July 11, 2008: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
Sun Ballroom 5 (Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center)
Remember playing tag? Nobody wanted to be IT. Being IT meant being avoided and feared. Remaining IT becomes challenging to catch up to others, to belong, and to feel accepted. Some autism self-advocates report feeling like IT when relationships do not fully presume intellect. In this interactive session, self-advocate William Stillman facilitates a group dialogue using his document, “Presuming Intellect,” as the foundation of an elightening, empowering discussion of ten ways through which enriched and reciprocal relationships may develop.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will contrast individual coping skills with so-called autistic "stimming"
- Participants will properly interpret autistic "behavior" as communication.
Participants will properly interpret "behavior" as communication.
- Participants will identify compassionate accommodations for sensory sensitivities.
- Participants will list ways in which communication alternatives enhance relationships.
Content Area: Education
Presenter:
William Stillman, B.S.
Author, Self-advocate
Youth Advocate Programs
William Stillman has written Autism and the God Connection, The Autism Answer Book, The Everything Parent’s Guide to Children with Asperger’s Syndrome, The Everything Parent’s Guide to Children with Bipolar Disorder, and Demystifying the Autistic Experience. As an adult with Asperger’s, Stillman highlights the role of self-advocates as loving “teachers.”