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(Needs being from the individual's stated needs or non-speaking signals.)Īccording to Collins Dictionary Social Skills are defined as: The skills that are necessary to communicate and interact with others. The main takeaway of what you are about to read is that our groups should seek to prioritize multicultural social skills, helping autistic people connect with peers regardless of if they are disabled or not, and tailor our approach to the person's needs. This article is simply an observation on where our social groups and supports for autism can be more supportive or more tailored to autistic clientele. This article isn’t saying current social skills groups are abusive. Also, many social skills focus on set defined skills rather than adapting how we socialize to be respectful in multiple social settings. The issue is there are no social groups for neurotypical people to learn ours. They provide us with connections to other autistics, and teach us neurotypical language. There are some people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who don’t like any sort of what they consider autism training, including social groups. Many social groups tend to prioritize neurotypical communication vs. What is bad is that the skills are taught one way. To start, social skills groups themselves are not bad. On that same token, one man's “gift” is another man’s curse. I know about how one man's “trash” is another man's “treasure”. How Social Skills can be made safer and more beneficial to Autistics
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