In a recent article from a behaviourist claiming to use affirming therapies with autistic people, the author makes some incredible “discoveries.”
“In my experience, the fundamental problem in assessing imagination in children with autism is that researchers and clinicians assume there is only one way to have an imagination or engage in imaginative play. Neurotypical children often engage in imaginary play by projecting their imagination onto toys and objects and interacting with other children. If children lack these types of play, observers assume that they lack imagination.
Yet, in my experience, people with autism sometimes have much richer and deeper imaginations than neurotypicals and often retreat into dissociative worlds of imagination when they are stressed. The problem is that they can’t properly verbalize what these worlds are in a way neurotypicals can easily understand and the way they engage in imaginative play is different from what neurotypicals expect.”
Imagine that.
If you frequent Autistic TikTok or Instagram, you’ll have no trouble seeing our imagination at work. So much for the so-called “autism experts.”
The World of Autistic Imagination
The World of Autistic Imagination
The World of Autistic Imagination
In a recent article from a behaviourist claiming to use affirming therapies with autistic people, the author makes some incredible “discoveries.”
Imagine that.
If you frequent Autistic TikTok or Instagram, you’ll have no trouble seeing our imagination at work. So much for the so-called “autism experts.”