#special education

[neuroticboyfriend]

once again thinking about how fucked up it is that special ed used me and other disabled children as unpaid, coerced labor. i worked enough to be making $100 a week. i was "paid" in fake money redeemable only at the school cafeteria, which i worked at, and was forced to do things that distressed me. they gave us $1 a week, if they remembered to give it to us at all.

this was while i would sometimes go the entire day without eating because i didn't have the money to buy food and the free food was not sensory safe. we also worked outside the community - grocery stores, warehouses, shoe stores security tagging items. all under the guise of job skill development, we did $100 of labor a week without ever getting paid. and we were demeaned while we did it. and we were just teens.

so no, i don't want to hear about how special education is good. not with the way me and my peers were treated and taken advantage of. death to institutionalization, in all forms.

#softspoonie #disabled #special education #special ed #disability #disability rights #disabled community #neurodivergent #special needs #autistic #autistic spectrum #autism spectrum disorder #autism spectrum #autism #neurodivergency #ableism #sanism #systemic ableism #unpaid labor #labor rights #workers rights #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #working class #leftist #leftism

[lastwave]

yall love autistic kids until they're autistic. fuckin. "homeschool kids are so weird" "the neighbors kid:" "wolf girls" "horse girls" "sword boys" its all just rebranded making fun of autistic traits. "well i was autistic and wasn't like that" ok good for you. a lot of us were. there are kids that are. that see those jokes . once it became unacceptable to just outright say you were making fun of SpEd kids yall invented new ways to say the same shit.

#hugh txt #autism #neurodivergent #actually autistic #special education #im main tagging this shit i want all the smoke

[defectivegembrain]

Actually while I'm remembering to say this, happy disability pride month to all special ed kids and former special ed kids! It can be such an alienating experience, and involve a lot of infantilisation and denial of freedom, and society stereotypes special ed to hell and back. We deserve to be taken seriously and not stigmatised for needing different things from most people within the education system.

#disability #disability pride month #special education

[autism-polls]

#actually disabled #autistic #support needs #autism #autism poll #autism acceptance month #autism awareness #autism acceptance #autism positivity #actually autistic #autism spectrum disorder #tumblr polls #poll #education #special education #accommodation

[clownrecess]

My AAC device is not a toy, it isnt here for you "try out".

It is my voice. Do not touch it without asking. Do not search through it's folders without asking.

It is not here for you to make it say weird things. It is not here for you to spam my message window with random words. It is not here for you to play with. It is not here for you to "try out".

It is my voice. It is not funny, or a toy.

Please stop treating it like one.

You have no right to grab it, to pull my hands away from it so you can make it say things I don't want it to say, or to slam your hands down onto buttons without warning.

Please stop.

#actually autistic #neurodivergent #aac user #autism #nonspeaking autistic #nonspeaking #aac device #aac users #situationally nonspeaking #disabled #special education #special ed #neurodiversity

[star-anise]

Hot tip: The other other reason you didn't get diagnosed with autism/ADHD/that learning disorder as a child

is that generally schools have limited budgets to spend on psychological assessments, which are expensive,

so they often have to pick like the top 5 kids in the grade or school or whatever who are likely to get a diagnosis that gets them extra funding.

What's that, more than 5 kids might have special needs?

Well uhhh 5 is all we can afford,

maybe we can match them with a patient teacher? (Do we still have one? Did she quit?)

Better luck making it onto the Top 5 list next year.

#staranise original #special education #actually adhd

[gleecontext]

GLEE S02E09 Special Education

#glee #s2 #s02e09 #special education #mercedes jones #kurt hummel

[heretherebedork]

One of my students (an autistic 10 year old) has been experimenting with animation on youtube and it's just the greatest journey of watching him figure out what he's doing... he started with rapidfire premade animations and then started making still scenes that flashed quickly and then... and then...

30 seconds of white screen

30 seconds of black screen

30 seconds of rainbow screen

And it's beautiful to watch him discover all the things he can do. Because then it became rainbow flashing animals and then alphabet lore and then, bit by bit, actual stories.

His favorite current story is to have himself swallowed by a giant sea creature and then pooped out because, well, he is a 10 year old boy but he also made this one little animation that was a parody of a slime video getting interrupted by a dinosaur and that was amazing.

He made an alphabet lore video using Korean characters.

This is a 10 year old boy who's taught himself to write in Ukrainian, Korean and Spanish as well as memorizing greetings in around 8 languages and he might not always do school work but that brain is never quiet and I just... I love watching him and how he's figuring things out and there are so many people who don't get it, who don't see the brilliance of what he's figuring out all on his own.

The world might not always see him but I always will.

#special education #i am always so proud of him #he's so artistic and creative #and it's amazing #i wish i could share the videos here #but the youtube channel is under his father's real name #so that ain't happening

[introvertedx10]

I remember this! My cousin went to his Chapter 1 class in the most rickety ass trailer.

#funny #lol #funny post #lolol #hilarious #comedy #funny pics #funny images #meme #dank memes #funny but not really #funny but sad #special education #wow

[wandering-whisperer]

Morning Routine for Students (during weekends)

“You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”

― John C. Maxwell

Ideal Morning Routine For Students During Weekends with Approximately 4 hours of Study!!

7:00 Get up. 7:15 Meditate. 7:30 Freshen up and get ready for the day. 7:45 Eat Breakfast. 8: 00 ~ 9:00 Study session 1 9:00 ~ 9:15 break 9:15 ~ 10:00 study session 2 10:00 ~ 10:15 break 10:15 ~ 11:00 study session 3 11:00 ~ 11:15 break 11:15 ~ 12:00 study session 4 12:00 lunch

(This routine is flexible and can be changed according to your needs. Remember that you don't have to follow this strictly)

#study motivation #studyblr #study #study aesthetic #study blog #studyspo #student #study community #studyinspo #studyblr community #study tips #studying tips #productivity #studying #100 days of productivity #psychology #school #student life #notes #good morning #morning routine #morning coffee #morning vibes #morning crew #special education

[neuroticboyfriend]

institutionalization in all its forms needs to be abolished. we need to live in a society where people's needs are met without stripping them of basic human rights like autonomy. we need to live in a world where currently marginalized people are inherently included in the social structure, where people are taken care of within their communities, where people have the freedom to live and make informed choices on their bodies, minds, and living space. because institutionalism is not about health and safety. it's about control - oppression under the guise of care and protection.

#softspoonie #antipsychiatry #antipsych #anti psych #anti psychiatry #prison abolition #psych aboliton #psychiatry #special education #abolition #psychiatry abolition #special needs #madpunk #mad punk #cripplepunk #cripple punk #cpunk #punk #crip punk #c punk #c-punk #neurodivergent #disabled #disability #mentally ill #mental illness #chronically ill #chronic illness #institutional abuse #institutionalism

[thatteacherlifetho]

When a student thanks you for helping them . . .

#special education teacher #special ed teacher #special education #teaching #teacher #teach #work #job #maui moana #Moana #you’re welcome

[defectivegembrain]

I mean like. One of the best friends I ever had would talk every day about two things: Justin Bieber and LazyTown. I don't like Justin Bieber, and I've never seen an episode of LazyTown. But I liked her very much, so I listened every time. And she would say the same things over and over. We were 15. I cried when she transferred schools. We kept in touch for a while, and only grew apart because we both had a lot of communication struggles. An occupational therapist had to help me use the phone to keep in touch with her at all. If I ran into her now, I'd still be delighted.

There was a younger kid who would come up to me at break and ask what I had for lunch, and routinely come up with deliberately absurd guesses about it, like that I ate a lion for example. It was really funny. He did it repeatedly for years. It was still really funny.

There was an intellectually disabled guy who was obsessed with RAF planes. Just the planes. Was I gonna tell him I hated the military? Hell no, I was gonna listen to him talking about planes.

I used to be this kid who could go whole conversations just quoting Firefly at people, and would sometimes choose pacing the yard and counting in Russian over social contact with friends. Nobody gave me shit about it in special school.

There was a kid I literally only talked to about the Sims games! We didn't know each other at all outside of that. It was a great time.

I don't know what my point is exactly, just I think of all this when I see posts being like you people need to be more adventurous and expand your interests and this has moral value attached to it somehow or you're boring losers or whatever. Like who cares? I think people with restricted interests are cool actually

#disability #special education #rambling #special interests

[batartshikns]

Prologue and chapter 1 of my Bungou Stray Dogs special ed AU are out!!

#art #bsd #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #dazai osamu bsd #bsd dazai osamu #fanfic #fanfiction #bsd fanfic #special education #special needs

[clownrecess]

I want to talk about my experiences in school as an autistic person, more specifically my experiences as an AAC user autistic.

School does not feel safe or welcoming to me or my autism, despite being in a special ed school.

I am not understood here and back when I was in gened it was much worse. In gened I was asked to take off my ear defenders, my stim toys were taken, and my AAC device was moved to unknown locations without my consent. All of which are very upsetting things to experience.

My AAC device is not "just a tablet" it functions as a body part for me, and I need to be able to reach it at all times. The only time I dont take it with me at school is to go to the bathroom.

I've also found that I am often used as an example. A mute character in a poem? Everyone will stare at me when the character is brought up. This doesnt bother me too much, but it is definitely uncomfortable.

Also, this isnt specific to school, but, people changing the subject whilst I am trying to contribute to the current conversation. Please dont do this. I want to contribute, it just takes me longer. And by the time I've got down what I wanna say, the conversation is completely different.

I find school very very overwhelming. There have been a few instances where I've been so stressed and overwhelmed that I just skipped class in the bathroom to self regulate. My classmates say upsetting things, and triggering things. And it is loud. And it is not understanding of me.

School, even special ed, is not built properly for disabled people.

#actually autistic #neurodivergent #aac user #nonspeaking autistic #autism #nonspeaking #aac device #aac users #situationally nonspeaking #disabled #special ed #special education #semiverbal #actually nonspeaking #aac

[theworldoffostering]

I have been super stressed about DS’s IEP. We had his annual meeting a few weeks ago. It was a small meeting—myself, DH, DS, special ed teacher, regular ed teacher, and a principal who served as the LEA. It was a virtual meeting. The principal never turned the camera on. So weird. At any rate, during the meeting it quickly became apparent that DS has not been receiving a bunch of services all year. When I asked why, the special ed teacher said, “I’m not really sure.” Two days later I sent an email following up and asking for compensatory services.

Cue all sorts of drama because now the director of special education for the district is involved and he doesn’t know his job very well (he’s not qualified for the position), and has an ego that is easily wounded. He was straight up very unprofessional in an email to me. It made me realize that I have been fighting this same school district for 20 years! I have about 13 more years to go. I cannot believe some of the things that have been said and done to myself and my kids in these meetings. After the email he sent, I felt completely overwhelmed.

There is no way out. No accountability. The president of the school board here believes board members should stay out of the schools because the employees know how to do their jobs. This guy reports to the superintendent. That’s it. It’s an old boys club and will never change until there are enough people who care about special education to make it change (probably never going to happen).

We have the next meeting tomorrow. I had planned to spend the weekend prepping. Instead we were hit with an awful stomach bug. NB woke up at 3:30 Friday morning with it. Saturday evening it hit Baby. It took down DH and H in the middle of the night Saturday, and me yesterday morning. We are managing okay today, but DH and I have never been sick at the same time and it was horrible. No prepping of anything got done. I didn’t even order groceries for pick up.

#special education #iep #dyslexia #parenting is hard