*FEED DROP* Autism Siblings, Presumption of Competence & Spelling to Communicate with Danny & Tara Whitty

Hi Friends. 

Tim here with another feed drop for you. This time it’s Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, hosted by Diana Pastora Carson. 

Some of you may remember we had Diana on Think Inclusive in February of 2022 to talk about her journey as an educator advocating for inclusive education and bringing her brother Joaquin home from living in an institution.  https://pod.link/583456652/episode/22dbbb5c42a79ab97d8405b316584854

Today, I want to share with you a recent episode Diana published with two siblings, Danny and Tara Whitty. Danny spells to communicate and Tara is his communication regulation partner.  

Danny uses his finger to point to letters on a letter board that Tara holds up for him. And Tara reads out the letters as he points. Danny also, at times, uses his own voice. 

If you aren’t familiar with this kind of communication, I’ll share some resources with you after Diana’s interview.  

Enjoy the conversation with Diana, Danny, and Tara. Catch you on the other side.  

Episode Show Notes + Transcript: https://www.gobeyondawareness.com/podcasts/beyond-awareness-disability-awareness-that-matters/episodes/2147942618

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Thanks to Diana Pastora Carson for sharing her episode of Beyond Awareness with us. 

If you want more information about spelling to communicate, here are a few resources. 

It was mentioned in the episode, but check out the International Association for Spelling as Communication: https://i-asc.org/ 

Also, I interviewed Dr. Dana Johnson, a spelling-to-communicate practitioner, in an edition of the Weeklyish: https://weeklyish.substack.com/p/spelling-to-communicate

Final thing. If you get the chance to see the documentary Spellers, please do it. I recently saw it at a screening near Atlanta and it was phenomenal. There are still in-person events happening in July, so find out if it is showing in your neck of the woods at https://spellersthemovie.com/watch. 

Thanks for spending some time with us today, and we will be back next week with another episode of Think Inclusive. 

Have a great week, everyone and remember, Inclusion Always Works! 

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