What Does Progress Look Like?

The Threads of Life

#1 Taking a look at what progress actually looks like for parents of neurodivergent children and adults. How their progress is typically measured. They are growing and developing all the time regardless. A brief look into Apraxia for nonspeaking individuals. Recognising that it's can't not won't; believing it gets better by just being there for them and learning every day. Learning to recognise, acknowledge and celebrate the wins, even what to others may seem tiny or insignificant.

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#3 Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:13 Neurodivergent children are measured against what neurotypical children their same age can do. Not fair or appropriate.

1:14 No-one in education is harnessing the potential of the ND mind or even being curious.

3:25 The environment you place them and their amazing brains in is key.

5:00 Nonspeaking, minimally or unreliably speaking individuals and Apraxia

6:35 There is no look to listening or to intelligence

10:07 Using my son as reference for and naming examples of - me reaching out to parents and their children/adults who are really struggling right now.

16:12 There is model or previous generation experience or anything even from most of our parents on how to support and raise an ND child.

18:30 It gets better! It does. Example - sleep.

21:38 The water trick and recognise, acknowledge and celebrate the tiny wins. They are actually BIG wins.

#4 Summary

• neurodivergent minds are simply brains that work in a range of different ways.
• How ND children's progress is typically measured in education.
• Apraxia, the brain v body disconnect
• There is no look to intelligence or to listening.
• Reference to and examples of what progress looks like in my own son Henry who is nonspeaking, autistic and adhd.
• There is no guide or support for parents.
• It does get better, there IS progress, they do grow up.
• Recognise, acknowledge and celebrate the tiny wins, they are what progress looks like and they are huge!

#5 Calls to Action

Pre-roll: My Journey with S2C episode mention.

Mid-roll: Uniquely Human Podcast.

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