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  • All about autism
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  • What’s a developmental disability? Am I okay?
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Chapter 2 Resources

  • Everyone Communicates – the AACUsing something other than talking to communicate. Resource – http://www.everyonecommunicates.org/
  • In My Language – by Mel Baggs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc
  • Why We Should Stop StimMoving in the same way over and over again. Everyone stims, but autistic people stim more than other people. Suppression – by Cassandra Crosman – https://intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/09/17/why-we-should-stop-stim-suppression/
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