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Early Intervention Therapies

My Friend Autism

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The Benefits of Speech Therapy for Autistic People

There are some forms of therapies for autistic people that are inherently practical-based, and they actually positively impact an autistic person's life. But it's the intervention therapies designed to teach an autistic person when you're feeling really autistic, do these things to not come across as autistic. When an autistic person is triggered or starts to become autistic, all the therapies are doing is trying to explain to them how to mask camouflage. Does that sound familiar, by the way? Hello. So, it's assimilation. It's acting classes. Now, I get it, but I've witnessed these classes. I see what's happening. All right, so we clearly can't go through all the therapies

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