E128: How Do You Advocate if Your Child Masks at School? with Tara Marshall
The Parent IEP Lab
English - June 06, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingParenting Kids & Family Education How To autism iep parenting advocacy cerebralpalsey disability downsyndrome parentingdisability parentstories specialeducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Does this sound familiar? Your child "keeps it together" during school hours...and then when arriving home for the day they fall apart emotionally and energetically.
This isn't them being manipulitive, or tricky at all...they are what's termed "masking" at school, something that has been described in the autistic community as a very stressful experience.
On this episode, we have guest Tara Marshall, an autistic adult and speech language assistant. She shares her experiences with masking and how to advocate for their support within school walls as well as when they come home.
TRIGGER WARNING Tara describes a traumatic event about a special object to her and what was done to it. It may be triggering to some people. [Around ______]
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