On autistic meltdown and exhaustion
Via Twitter I ’m reminded of two autism blogs that have passed on - Musings of an Aspie (ended Jan 2015) andEveryday Aspie (2017)/Everyday Aspergers (2016).@mxmackpoet called out 3 in particular [1]:From the Inside Out: An Autistic Shutdown – Everyday Aspie Feb 2017Where I Go When I Shutdown | Musings of an Aspie Oct 2012Autistic Regression and Fluid Adaptation | Musings of an Aspie Dec 2013. This concept oftransient autistic regression does not appear in the medical literature. Which speaks volumes about themiserable state of modern clinical research into autism in general, and post-pubertal autism in parti...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - October 20, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: adolescence adult Asperger ' autism brain and mind cognition neurodiversity support Source Type: blogs
ABLE Plans and Special Needs Trusts
#1 is now on either SSI or SSDI or both. Yeah, we ’re not sure. Might even have changed. This is a lot weirder than I expected.There is, with one or the other, apparently a peculiar incentive for caregivers to retire at 62 rather than, say, 67 (something to do with family Social Security caps and spouses). There’s also something in there about Medicare with MA Backup after two years on SSDI, claims that it’s best to do at least one year of SSI before SSDI, 9 month income averages, retroactive payments that can be clawed back and so on.The accounting is interesting — trying to stay below income and asset caps.With...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - July 26, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: adult finance support Source Type: blogs
Catch 22: Special needs students in transition programs can & #39;t take community college classes in Minnesota
We ’ve discovered an interesting “Catch-22. It applies to Minnesota but may be common elsewhere.In MN a student entering a state funded transition program cannot do courses at a community college — even if they pay for them directly and even if they were doing them while in High School through Minnesota’s PSEO program.The reason is that Community Colleges require a High School diploma, but transition programs require that a studentnot have a High School diploma [1]. While in High School students may attend Community Colleges for advanced courses through programs like PSEO (MN), but not after finishing High School...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - May 19, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: autism college education transition Source Type: blogs
Catch 22: Special needs students in transition programs can't take community college classes in Minnesota
We ’ve discovered an interesting “Catch-22. It applies to Minnesota but may be common elsewhere.In MN a student entering a state funded transition program cannot do courses at a community college — even if they pay for them directly and even if they were doing them while in High School through Minnesota’s PSEO program.The reason is that Community Colleges require a High School diploma, but transition programs require that a studentnot have a High School diploma [1]. While in High School students may attend Community Colleges for advanced courses through programs like PSEO (MN), but not after finishing High School...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - May 19, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: autism college education transition Source Type: blogs
Catch 22: Special needs students in transition programs can't take community college classes in Minnesota
We ’ve discovered an interesting “Catch-22. It applies to Minnesota but may be common elsewhere.In MN a student entering a state funded transition program cannot do courses at a community college — even if they pay for them directly and even if they were doing them while in High School through Minnesota’s PSEO program.The reason is that Community Colleges require a High School diploma, but transition programs require that a studentnot have a High School diploma [1]. While in High School students may attend Community Colleges for advanced courses through programs like PSEO (MN), but not after finishing High School...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - May 19, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: autism college education transition Source Type: blogs
What I & #39;m up to these days - Smartphones for all
This blog is quieter than it used to be. There are a few reasons for that, but mostly I ’m spending blogging time slogging away on theSmartphones for All book project— which is now iPhone specific. I publish chapter excerpts on a blog there every few weeks. Here are a few recent examples:Chapter excerpt: Location Sharing for Explorers – techniques – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: The ethics of location sharing – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: managing phone spam for special needs iPhone users – Smartphones for AllVoice and Video options for iPhone Explorers – Smartphones for AllCreating contacts for...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - April 15, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: smartphone smartphone4all support technology Source Type: blogs
What I'm up to these days - Smartphones for all
This blog is quieter than it used to be. There are a few reasons for that, but mostly I ’m spending blogging time slogging away on theSmartphones for All book project— which is now iPhone specific. I publish chapter excerpts on a blog there every few weeks. Here are a few recent examples:Chapter excerpt: Location Sharing for Explorers – techniques – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: The ethics of location sharing – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: managing phone spam for special needs iPhone users – Smartphones for AllVoice and Video options for iPhone Explorers – Smartphones for AllCreating contacts for...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - April 15, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: smartphone smartphone4all support technology Source Type: blogs
What I'm up to these days - Smartphones for all
This blog is quieter than it used to be. There are a few reasons for that, but mostly I ’m spending blogging time slogging away on theSmartphones for All book project— which is now iPhone specific. I publish chapter excerpts on a blog there every few weeks. Here are a few recent examples:Chapter excerpt: Location Sharing for Explorers – techniques – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: The ethics of location sharing – Smartphones for AllChapter excerpt: managing phone spam for special needs iPhone users – Smartphones for AllVoice and Video options for iPhone Explorers – Smartphones for AllCreating contacts for...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - April 15, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: smartphone smartphone4all support technology Source Type: blogs
Adventures in Special Needs travel: Hawaii
The family went to Hawaii. Two special needs adults, one neurotypical daughter and two parents. There was a lot of planning work and a lot of on-the-fly adjustment. We chose Honolulu/Waikiki because our Explorers are more comfortable with concrete than with nature. The trip was a success, in part because, by sheer luck, the atypical rainfall spared both golf outings with #1. Luck aside — some things that worked well:Direct flight. A five hour mechanical delay (Delta) was stressful though.Single residence located in Waikiki with kitchen and good parking. We ate most meals there. Nearby groceries. Many things we could wa...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - April 15, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: family vacation Source Type: blogs
When imagination becomes memory
I think this is terribly important, but I ’ve never seen it described. So, in a few minutes, I’ll share what I think.Almost animals have memory, save perhaps the simplest single celled organisms. We think plants have a form of memory as well. There ’s nothing uniquely human about memory.Imagination is less common. It ’s not uniquely human either; crows, wolves, cephalopods, cetaceans, primates — they all have some form of something that looks like imagination. We think humans have much more of it though. We can create memories of things that have not happened or did not happen. Imagination is a form of ‘fa lse ...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - March 10, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: adult brain and mind cognition cognitive impairment legal neurodiversity Source Type: blogs
