So much of what we were told by experts was from the medical model of disability. However, interventions that are guided by the medical model usually take the form of power, control and fitting a square peg into a round hole system.
Not until things progressed to a crisis point, using the medical model methods of therapy and intervention that we re evaluated our approach to supporting our son. Following his lead.
We found great benefit when using this social model of disability to really understand how best to support him, having more compassion and patience, and dropping the power struggles and meeting him where he is at, at any given moment.
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