Emily Kircher-Morris
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308 appearances
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first heard Nov 2021
last heard Nov 2021
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both build self-awareness and understanding in somebody who is neurodivergent and to access supports and to give the language for self-advocacy.
So I think that in an ideal utopian world, we wouldn't need labels.
That would be great if if we were just able to really understand that each individual is unique and they have their own needs and we can modify for those things.
That would be wonderful.
Unfortunately, that's not the world that we live in and so
You know, I think that what we do though is we explain away things.
And what I've seen, especially in in the gifted population, is we tend to go
Along this, we want to lean towards, oh, well, they're gifted.
They're just kind of quirky, or this is this reason or that reason or whatever.
And
We miss the opportunity to recognize what those difficulties are.
And so for these twice exceptional kids, they go through life not understanding why they have this particular ability.
They understand things and they know things, but it's not reflected in their schoolwork, or they're always getting in trouble for discipline issues, or they aren't having a hard time making friends.
And sometimes if we can say, Listen, this is what your profile is.
You are you have these strengths.
These things don't come as naturally to you.
This is part of how you are wired.
This is part of neurodiversity and you are neurodivergent and that makes you who you are.
And that's okay.
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