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19/03/2010

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lps 816…. i love her

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my favourite aesthetic

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Personally I'm not a big fan of the definitions I've seen floating around of LSN = help with iADLs, MSN = help with iADLs and some bADLs, and HSN = help with everything across the board. I think it's a good start, but it doesn't leave much room for nuance. If someone can usually do bADLs independently but can't do any iADLs and needs constant supervision, are they really low support needs?

I think adaptive behavior/adaptive functioning is a lot better for determining support needs. It's generally talked about in the context of intellectual disability and cognitive impairment, but I think it can apply to autism too. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing someone else mention it too and go onto more detail (I'll link the post if I can find it).

But adaptive behavior/functioning goes beyond ADLs and looks at all skills, such as social skills, danger awareness, information processing, etc. Here's a little more about it:

Not all HSN people need help with every BADL, we need to stop simplifying such a complex label.

My brother is HSN and doesn’t need help with all BADLs. He requires 24/7 care, he is nonverbal and can’t functionally communicate, even on his aac device.

He goes to a special education school, is diagnosed with level 3 autism he's diagnosed with global development delay (he’s older than 5, his dx isn't updated). He wouldn’t even be able to get online and give input on this topic because he is HSN. He is 11 years old but cannot read or write anything.

All professionals say that he is profoundly autistic. HSN is a very complex label. Someone can be HSN and not need help with all BADLs. He can do a couple BADLs without help sometimes. But he is still severely autistic, he still has profound autism, he still is high support needs.

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Jelly Belts (1990s - 2000s)

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✨ stimtastic

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hey fellow photosensitive phuckers,

people don't tag flashing properly. we know this. however. you can also stop all media from autoplaying.

just go into your settings until you find "media auto play" and toggle "never auto play".

and then bam. much safer to scroll through.

this will mess with stimboards and stuff but it's a small sacrifice imo