this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2025
127 points (98.5% liked)

Autism Memes

214 readers
20 users here now

Autism Memes

This a meme community dedicated to neurodivergent individuals. Not just Autism but ADHD and other trails or disabilities.

Rules

founded 2 weeks ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Normalize calling gifted programs "special needs".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I could've been in the gifted program. However, I was considered to retarded to be a part of it. (My words) I have dyslexia and speech problems so I ended up appearing worse academically than I was. I can read no problem and was reading from a young age. I just couldn't explain what I was reading verbally.

We need to rethink the classroom so that people from all backgrounds succeed. Often neurodivergent people are the ones who can excel.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because that's what they are. They're for students that have different educational needs from the majority.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

that makes no sense because even the majority contains students with individual needs. universal design over segregating based on perceived ability

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's lots of variation in body sizes of people who wear medium size shirts. Why do we bother having large and small when they don't perfectly account for every difference?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that's not what universal design means in disability spaces. you should look it up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, I've heard of the concept but not the term. How would that look in the context of education?