SabiLewSounds, 3 months ago to Youtube

Today a fantastic therapist I follow on Insta and on #Youtube posted about oversharing - something that a lot of #ChildhoodTrauma survivors struggle with when navigating life

I'm very much the opposite

I've always hidden most of myself - I mask heavily because being myself was always dangerous for me and Mom too

More hoots to follow

SabiLewSounds, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Twitch

So it turns out that #FPSgames don't make me as dizzy as they used to, I think I held out better because I was checking #Twitch chat every few moments

This is really great news for me as it will make @saveandraid even better!

We're just over a month away from combining our talents, time and efforts to help #SuicidePrevention find out more from the #Link in their bio - saveandraid.org

fullfathomfive, 5 months ago to psychology

I love this piece from Marianne van Dijk's newsletter about Request Blind Spots. It's not just hard to ask for help, sometimes we don't even realise we can.

#psychology #disability #nonviolentcommunication #nvc #askingforhelp #selfcare #selfadvocacy #chronicillness

Until one summer. I was flying to Sardinia for a holiday with my partner at the time. We started to approach the island, the plane was descending and there it was: excruciating pain. But this time, somehow I reacted differently. I think it was a thought popping up that was something like: ‘why suffer?’. As I could barely speak, I asked my partner to call a steward and explain the situation. At first the steward said he didn’t have anything. Then his eyes lit up and he said he might know something and that he would be right back. He returned with two plastic coffee cups and told me to put them on my ear. That's right. I had to place coffee cups on my ears. There were wet, hot tissues in them, that were supposed to relieve the pressure. Just holding cups to my ears like a mad person already made me smile a bit, but I was even more delighted to notice that..it worked! My pain was at least half as bad. And even more so, I got a huge sense of support. So here’s my message to you: ask yourself whenever you are uncomfortable and you are not asking for help: ‘why suffer?” and ‘could this be my Request Blind Spot?’. You might also ask others where they think you are not asking for help when you could.

catchingshadows, 5 months ago to Autism

Bloganuary: What are your biggest challenges? I'm doing "Bloganuary" on Wordpress! #autism #writing #selfadvocacy @actuallyautistic

https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/bloganuary-what-are-your-biggest-challenges/

ZingerLearns, 1 year ago to edutooters

#edutooter @edutooters
I think a major failing of and tension in teacher preparation programs in the US is that we expect and demand that aspiring teachers meet the need of individual students, especially those with disabilities and whose first language isn't English. Yet we as a teacher preparation community push these same students out disproportionately.
For example, about 16-17% of students in schools have a documented disability, but fewer than 5% of teachers have a documented disability.