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Disability Advocate, Certified Positive Discipline Educator, Founder of Supernova Parenting Half the DSM-5, but AuDHD will do. Hello@supernovaparenting.org

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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 03/10/2026
I twerk and I teach things
A picture of a conference room with two BIPOC women in the front and a Slide showing the presenters on the screen which include :

Dr. Bernadette N. Kilo is the Developmental Pediatrics ASD
Clinical Consultant and subject matter expert for Kaiser Permanente, GA.

Natasha Nelso. is a nationally recognized disability advocate and the mother of two children with autism. She is the Founder and CEO of Supernova Parenting

Icylee L. Basketbill, B.S., Founder of Guided Pathways to Empowerment, is a Mentor, Educational Consultant and Advocate dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities, families, and professionals.A picture of a door either a poster taped to it that reads

SPARK for Autism Foundation and Color of Autism Foundation 
Welcome!
Parent Training
Workshop
Families
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 03/10/2026
Also
Notebook and planner cover with engraved trademarkInside notebooks and planner Businesses card holder with engraved trademarkInside business card holder
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 03/10/2026
Say less
My bagThe inside of my bagThe outside pocket of my bag
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 03/10/2026
Philly likes cheesecake and strong drinks
My buttMy duck lips My smile
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 02/10/2026
I do an experiential activity called “Laddership to Leadership” with parents and caregivers to help them see vertical (top down) leadership structures are derived from white supremacy and leads to ableism and authoritarian
A picture of a completed Laddership to Leadership activity completed
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 02/10/2026
A picture of the book “Think Again” by Adam Grant
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 02/10/2026
Thank you so much and yes! I’m presenting tomorrow with that physician in Philly! I told them they would need 12 hours to truly cover all the experiences and disparities. Thank you so much for the thoughtful feedback
A flyer for our parent training workshop in Philly in partnership with Color of Autism and Spark
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 29/09/2026
Good evening you handsome & gorgeous lot. 1 of the areas I’ve had the pleasure of moving my advocacy has been in research. Community Based Research (CBR) & Participatory Action Research (PAR) are collaborative approaches
A screenshot of a winner announcement for research posters at the 7th Annual Stanford Neurodiversity Summit

Congratulations to our Two Poster Presentation Winners!
Title: Crisis Prevention by Design: Community Innovation Meets
Artificial Intelligence
Presenters: Camille Proctor, Torica Exume, PhD
Title: Supporting Neurodivergent Student Success in the Kennedy Library: Experiences, Barriers, & Recommendations for Improvement
Presenters: Anagha Kulkarni, BS, Mercedes Rutherford-Patten
Congratulations once again, and thank you to all who contributed to a weekendA research poster 

Impact of Georgia's ECHO Autism Early Diagnosis Training Program Justin Kim, BS., Alexa Gonzalez Laca, MPH., Lyric Ransom, BA., Jennifer Zubler, MD., Allison Schwartz, PhD..
Natasha Nelson, Chris Booth, LMSW., John Constantino, MD., Jocelyn Kuhn, PhD

Background 
. Although autism can be reliably diagnosed at 15 mooths
old, the average age of diaghosis
• Earty identification of autise is critical to accessing
mienvettioes and sosces that can improne a cheld's
ancon cila ouno
• Estension for Communit Healthcare Outconie
(ECHO) Autism: Primary Care Early Diagnosis is an
evidence-based program designed so address this gap by
trinita PCPs so screen. disenese, and provide longitudinal care for children aged 14-48 months?
Objectives
• Framine changes in PCPs self-elloacy across watism-
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the onc-year program participation
Program Details
PCPs participated in a two-day in-person traming seasice
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Toddlers and Young Chikiren (STAL)
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2. PCPs amended virtual ECHO sessions twice a moeth, 23
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3. Ar Picach sessicn, a PCP preseeted a casc, and our hub eam of interdisciplisary autism experts guided the PCP'S
4. Asera wear. a few PCPs mastered the DSM-5 diagnostit
cnlera for autism and were awarded masiery of barly
• Complesed post-program survey
Cohort 1 Participants
Location
Discipline

Impact
Participation
• 52 unicue case mescetations (9 nod-diagnostic and 45 dlzgnosu,
• 78% of the cobort completed the program (n - 14/18)
o 100% achieved reliabilicy in administering the STAT (n = 14/14)
o 50% achieved mastery of Early Aucism Evalsation (n - 7/14)
Diagnoses
• 29 ÷ 25 children dapnosed with ASD
1.6 = 1.4 Referred for further ASD evaluation
EMORY
HU AUTS
Increase in Self-Efficacy
across Autism-related
Clinical Domains
Reduction in
Perceived Barriers to
Conclusion
Companns pre- and post-program suney aad
PCPs reported an increase in eval…A research poster 

Autism
Crisis Prevention by Design
Community
• Background
Autistic people, particularty Black and Brown youth, face disproportionate risk during behavioral and mental health crises. Many high-risk moments begin at home, where caregivers often lack structured tools, training, and culturally responsive support. Tradtional crisis response models focus primarily on training law enforcement, leaving families, who are usualy the first responders. without adequate preparation. The consequences of this gap can be severe, and in some cases.
• Objectives
The Color of Autism Foundation, a minority-led nonproft organization serving underserved communities, developed Crisis Ready to shift the model from reactive crisis management toward Intentional prevention. The program's objectives are to strengthen caregiver confidence, reduce escalation within the home, and increase preparedness for high-stress situations, postioning families as designers of safety within their own environments.
• The Crisis Ready Model
Crisis Ready is a five-week hybrid crisis prevention and de escalation program for caregivers, self advocates, and extended famiy members. no curculum addresses anity, sensory differences, communication dierencos, traum exposure, and environmental stressors. Partopants engaoo in faciltased discussions, applied scenano exercises, and structured planning sessions that culminate in individualized Health Crisis Passports designed to guide emergency merdcions and promote saler outcomes
Curriculum focus areas:
Trauma exposure
Sensory differences
Facilitated Discussion
Environmental stressors
Anxiety
Communication differences
Applied Scenario
Exercises
Structured Planning
• Eleplan: Al-Powered Planning Support
a conuai component of the program is clepian, an Al-powered clannina apolcationl that supports personalized crisis preparation. Through guided prompts, families document triggers, calming strategies, communication preferences, and tergency contes. tepan re…
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 29/09/2026
If even half of this is true, all I can think about are those poor children in this toxic and hate filled situation. My goodness
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Mr. McKinsey was a transgender man and accused his wite, Candice Jang, and his in-laws of abusing him because of his identity, according to his filing for a restraining order in December
2025. He said his mother-in-law called him and one of his sons a
"pervert" and a "monster" after the boy tried on dresses, and he accused his father-in-law of punching him in the chest while he was recovering from double mastectomy surgery in 2010.
In her October 2025 filing, Ms.
Jang said that Mr. McKinsey had
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A report from the Dublin Police Services noted that on Oct. 17, 2025, an officer met with Ms. Jang, who said that her husband had struck their 6-year-old "in the face with an open hand." When officers went to the residence to contact Mr. McKinsey, they discovered a 2-year-old child in an upstairs bedroom who had been left without supervision. The officers say that Mr. McKinsey had left the child alone for over an hour while he went shopping.
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Mr. McKinsey said that he had been framed for the October incident in which the couple's 2-year-old son was found alone. He said that Ms. Jang was responsible for the children during the workweek and that she had not told him before leaving that the child was sleeping in his crib upstairs. "She did this on purpose, to set me up," he wrote.
In his filing, he accused his wife of regularly abusing their children and neglecting to properly bathe and feed them.
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He said that Ms. Jang had once hit him on the head with a frying pan and forced him to ingest a cockroach. He accused her, on another occasion, of striking him on the head with a mirror, which shattered as he tried to wrest it from her control and severed a tendon and nerve in his hand, requiring surgery and leaving him with a permanent loss of sensation in his thumb.
Kitty Bennett and Georgia Gee contributed research. Coral Murphy Marcos contributed reporting from Hayward, Calif.
Soumya Karlamangla is a Times reporter
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 28/09/2026
Remember misbehavior(acting out or acting in) is communicating BioPsychoSocial unmet needs. Look at our Social Situation and move accordingly. Be empathetic but protect your necks and peace.
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Misbehavior is communicating met needs
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 28/09/2026
I will fight every one of you fifty punks like Kung Fu Jo
A screenshot of Jasmine Guy's IG post with a picture of her in a beautiful one soldier olive evening gown with the caption,
iamjasmineguy "The internet can be brutal to women as we grow older. It asks us to celebrate life while criticizing every sign that we've lived it.
Growing older brings change, and I won't pretend every change is easy. But beauty, style, and joy don't have an expiration date.
Let's spend less time judging ourselves and each other, and more time loving each other, making memories, and living the life we're here to live"
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 27/09/2026
lol. You have 3 internal senses
Interoception Sense graphic

INTEROCEPTION SENSE
HEART RATE
TEMPERATURE/ VASOMOTOR
VISCERAL
SENSATION
ITCH
HUNGER/ THIRST
ELIMINATION/ TOILETING
SOMATIC
SENSATIONS
RESPIRATION
Interoception involves being aware of internal body functions like hunger, thirst, and the need to use the bathroom. Children with interoceptive difficulties may not recognize these basic needs, requiring extra support from parents to manage them.Vestibular Sense graphic

VESTIBULAR SENSE
SPINNING
TROMPOLINES/ JUMPING
HEIGHTS
RUNNING
SWINGS
ROLLER COASTERS
SEA
CARS
The vestibular system helps maintain balance and spatial awareness. Children with vestibular processing difficulties may bump into things and appear clumsy. They often enjoy activities like swinging, dancing, spinning, and jumpingProprioception graphic 

PROPRIOCEPTION SENSE
TIPTOEING
DEPTH
PERCEPTION
RUNNING
FALLING
POSTURE
13 ME
PUSHING/ PULLING
FINE GROSS
MOTOR
CLUMSY
Proprioception involves understanding the position and movement of our body parts.
Neurodivergent children may struggle with coordination and muscle control, seeking out activities like jumping or grasping things tightly to understand their body's positionThe 8 Senses graphic 

THE 8 SENSES
INTEROCEPTION
OlU
TOUCH
SIGHT
SMELL
HEARING
VESTIBULAR
PROPRIOCEPTION
TASTE
Conscious parents of ND kids can find it challenging to understand our children's needs and behaviors. Which is why knowing the 8 senses is so important.
The 8 senses helps us understand the world around us.
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 27/09/2026
Oh they have a reason. Your Proprioception center is a sense you process to tell your body how to move and over time, your sensory and perception processing decreases
A graphic on the 8 Senses 

THE 8 SENSES
INTEROCEPTION
TOUCH
SIGHT
SMELL
HEARING
VESTIBULAR
PROPRIOCEPTION
TASTE
Our brain receives information about the world through the eight senses.A graphic on the Proprioception sense

PROPRIOCEPTION SENSE
TIPTOEING
DEPTH
PERCEPTION
RUNNING
FALLING
POSTURE
PUSHING/ PULLING
FINE GROSS
MOTOR
CLUMSY
The proprioceptive system senses the position, location, orientation, and movement of the body muscles and joints.
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 27/09/2026
You are living in a temporarily abled and youthful body. You will age, you will deteriorate. It is what it is
A car selfie of me doing millennial duck lips and aging  in my Kaepernick jersey A car selfie of me smiling and aging in my Kaepernick jersey
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 24/09/2026
For reference
Princess Diana in sweater, workout shorts and tennis shoes
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 24/09/2026
Fall is here time to Dirty Diana it up!
A light Black woman with long locs in a ponytail taking a bathroom mirror selfie in a cream Georgia Gwinnett Crew sweater with Green letters and green biker shorts with white leaves designed throughout A light Black woman with long locs in a ponytail taking a side profile bathroom mirror selfie in a cream Georgia Gwinnett Crew sweater with Green letters and green biker shorts with white leaves designed throughout
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 23/09/2026
A Love Supreme
A picture of my vinyl collection and record player with the vinyl cover A Love Supreme by John Coltrane in the “now playing” sleeve in front.
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 22/09/2026
Good evening you handsome and gorgeous lot. This past weekend, I had the honor of keynoting and attending the 7th Annual Neurodiversity Summit @stanforduniversity.bsky.social This may be my new favorite photo in the world
A picture of a Black high-yellow woman with locs in a ponytail wearing a tailored dark blue midi dress, speaking at a podium on stage with a screen behind her that reads, Strength in Connections:
Reimagining Autism
Research with the Black Community at the Center

With captions included on the screen and a picture of her Black family all with locs and smiles
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 22/09/2026
Good morning you handsome and gorgeous lot. Monday, October 5 is the deadline to register to vote for the November 3 General Election and Special Election. Visit MVP.SOS.GA.gov to make sure you can cast your vote this November!
Your voice, your vote.
Register to vote by October 5!
MVP.SOS.GA.gov
GwinnettTu voz, tu voto.
¡lnscríbete para votar antes del
5 de octubre!
MVP.SOS.GA.gov
Gwinnett
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 22/09/2026
@autisticenough.bsky.social Carol!!!!! Your son and I have something in common! I still do it
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
Good morning you handsome and gorgeous lot. We took a “All Black women at the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit “ photo
A group of Black women professionals in Public Health , psychology, and neurodiversity and self advocates of neurodivergence taking a group photo.
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
I’m in this historic hotel, nerding out by myself (how I like it)! Goodnight
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
Y’all they have a switchboard
A picture of a switchboard with a plant on top and a descriptive plaque beside it that reads, “Switchboard 11920
Before seffular phanes, test messaging and email came - the snchboard! When you read the instrectinos still displayed on the face of this Bell System switchboard, you realize here far Technology bas progressed. In the 1940', the ratreet on ter Bjarne Dahl, actoally sat at this very desh connecting calts.
Once coarcted, the operator set the timer on the right frand side of the desk and all calls, to the digrantlement of some geests, were timed at a reported 10 ceote per minute. Any wonder that all that remains of the long since removed timer are but a few bolts where it was originally mooted. hotel goest having the final word perhaps?”Natasha from behind seated at and using the switchboard Natasha in motion at the switchboard
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
ET, phoning home. A short story
A picture of the double phone booth in the Cardinal Hotel in Palo Alto. Left side is Home phone and right side is pay phone A picture of the double phone booth in the Cardinal Hotel in Palo Alto. Left side is Home phone and right side is pay phone. Natasha is in the home phone side with the door closed and a soft light onA picture of the double phone booth in the Cardinal Hotel in Palo Alto. Left side is Home phone and right side is pay phone. Natasha is in the home phone side with the door open holding the rotary phone to her ear with a surprised look on her face A picture of the double phone booth in the Cardinal Hotel in Palo Alto. Left side is Home phone and right side is pay phone. Natasha is in the home phone side with the door open holding the rotary phone to her ear with a sexy, intrigued look on her face
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
Supernova Parentin
Misbehavior is communicating met needs
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 20/09/2026
All this socializing and talking has completely depleted me.
Me looking run through
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
Hi
Me taking a bathroom selfie for a fit check
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
Research Presented at the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit. Just have to lecture now
Autism
Crisis Prevention by Design
Community innopation sorts Articial Intelborno
• Background
Autistic people, particularty Black and Brown youth, face disproportionate risk during behavioral and mental health crises. Many high-risk moments begin at home, where caregivers often lack structured tools, training, and culturally responsive support. Tradtional crisis response models focus primarily on training law enforcement, leaving families, who are usualy the first responders. without adequate preparation. The consequences of this gap can be severe, and in some cases.
• Objectives
The Color of Autism Foundation, a minority-led nonproft organization serving underserved communities, developed Crisis Ready to shift the model from reactive crisis management toward Intentional prevention. The program's objectives are to strengthen caregiver confidence, reduce escalation within the home, and increase preparedness for high-stress situations, postioning families as designers of safety within their own environments.
• The Crisis Ready Model
Crisis Ready is a five-week hybrid crisis prevention and de escalation program for caregivers, self advocates, and extended famiy members. no curculum addresses anity, sensory differences, communication dierencos, traum exposure, and environmental stressors. Partopants engaoo in faciltased discussions, applied scenano exercises, and structured planning sessions that culminate in individualized Health Crisis Passports designed to guide emergency merdcions and promote saler outcomes
Curriculum focus areas:
Trauma exposure
Sensory differences
Facilitated Discussion
Environmental stressors
Anxiety
Communication differences
Applied Scenario
Exercises
Structured Planning
• Eleplan: Al-Powered Planning Support
a conuai component of the program is clepian, an Al-powered clannina apolcationl that supports personalized crisis preparation. Through guided prompts, families document triggers, calming strategies, communication preferences, and tergency…Me taking a selfie with my Crisis Prevention by Design Color of Autism Research Me with Camille Proctor and Tonica Exume in front of our Crisis Prevention by Design research poster
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
What have I been saying?!
A screenshot of the Voyage Michigan Camille Proctor interview 

“My biggest challenge was the population I serve. No one understood why I had an organization that supported underserved communities. The main reason is that, in every culture, regardless of what it is, there are nuances in who we are as a people. I realized that, first, there is a population that was never genuinely reached out to. There was no outreach to this community regarding autism spectrum disorder.
As a result, it didn't exist to them.
They weren't getting their kids diagnosed.”
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
And it says this too!!!!
For example, researchers asked Americans and Europeans, "What's more important in our society, that everyone can be free to pursue their life's goals without interference from the state or that the state plays an active role in society so as to guarantee that nobody is in need?" Almost six in 10 Americans surveyed responded that individual freedom was more important, while nearly eight in 10 Lithuanians, whose country was a part of the collectivist Soviet Union for nearly 50 years, responded that the state's active role was more important
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
Y’all, I’m on this flight doing homework and I can’t make this up
A picture of a laptop with a e-textbook on OpenStax  on the screen with a notebook and pen taking notes on the keyboard on a flight. The textbook is discussing political culture and reads,
“A country's political culture frames how individuals in that
society see their roles as citizens, including their relationship to other political actors and to the government. The United States tends to be highly individualistic, prioritizing personal freedom and individual responsibility over more community-centered values. This individualism can appear odd to the citizens of countries that put much higher importance on communal values. For example, researchers asked Americans and Europeans, "What's more important in our society, that everyone can be free to pursue their life's goals without interference from the state or that the state plays an active role in society so as to guarantee that nobody is in need?" Almost six in 10 Americans surveyed”
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
And that’s not me gatekeeping and acting like it’s some kind of exclusive club. That’s me saying we autistic people do hold some commonality.
Neurodiversity, universal design, social justice, and open scholarship relationships visual graphicPowerPoint slide with the main areas affected by autism:
Sensory
Perception
Motor Skills
Executive Function
Language
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 19/09/2026
A black background with white words that say, “POST THIS AND LET YOUR MUTUALS DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE MOST
KNOWN FOR”
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 17/09/2026
This was just too good
A screenshot of a tweet by
AmeriKraut @inch... • 11m what a gift it must be to only realize america has issues... on her 250th birthday.

Reposted by cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 17/09/2026
A pictures of the rapper and Texas Legend, Bun B holding a book labeled Vocab with the words, 

READ A BOOK
YOU ILLITERATE SON OF A BITCH!
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 16/09/2026
However, here is the kicker. Morgan-Ellis states “If music can require a brain that’s been damaged or is limited in some way, it can be used to create new brain growth and increase processing efficiency in ALL students” (p.16).
MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFE
RESONANCES
Music Therapy, "Music is used as a stimulus when one encounters trauma, disease or disorder, and is the most powerful non-pharmacological tool we have to address any deficits that arise."
What is music therapy used for? The possibilities are almost limitless! It may be used for physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement, because when we hear rhythmic information, the motor cortex in our brains is activated: It is for this reason that you are compelled to move on the beat when you hear a peppy song. Have you ever noticed how people unconsciously coordinate themselves in time when music is played? Pay attention when music is playing outdoors-nearly everyone will begin to walk at the same tempo as the music. The funny thing is that they don't even realize they are doing it! The activation of the motor cortex can be utilized by music therapists to increase motor function and voluntary movement in people with Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis and in physically injured veterans.
Music therapy may be used to facilitate improvement of mood and reduction of depression. This works for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that music is enjoyable. However, it also works because we have an immediate physiological response to the music we enjoy. Engaging with liked music causes the release of
serotonin and dopamine- neurotransmitters in the brain, which leads to feelings of happiness and well-being. It also releases norepinephrine, which can result in a sense of alertness and euphoria. The act of singing, in particular, releases endorphins-the
"feel good" chemicals in the brain. Choral Singing (singing in a group with others) has been shown to cause the release of oxytocin, which enhances feelings of trust and bonding and results in reduction of depression and loneliness. One study recently indicated that choral singers have lower levels of cortisol, indicating lower stress, while multiple studies have indicated that singing relieves …"ONANCES
MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFE
of a rehabilitation protocol after injury or surgery. One study from the General Hospital of Salzburg found patients recovering from back surgery had higher rates of healing and less pain when exposed to music. Music therapy can be used with older adults to lessen the effects of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease and it can be used to restore speech when aphasia (loss of ability to speak) occurs as a result of injury or stroke. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords used music therapy to regain speech after surviving a gunshot wound to her brain. Interestingly, music can also be used to reduce the symptoms of asthma, can be used in premature infants to improve sleep patterns and to increase weight gain, and can be used to help people with Down's Syndrome or Autism when speech is limited. In fact, it seems that there is little that music therapy cannot be utilized to improve. So what should we take away from all of this? That music is awesome, of course, and that everyone should engage with music actively throughout the course of their lives.
Why do (and should) humans make music?
If music can help rewire a brain that has been damaged or is limited in some way, it can also be used to create new brain growth and increase processing efficiency in all students. This is why there is a strong correlation (relationship) between studying music and higher grades in other subject areas. In 2015, the
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Image 1.16: Studying music can lead to higher achievement in other areas.
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Attribution: F. Rodricks
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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RESONANCES
Even grades Surpeeds Act replaced No Child Left Behind, and for the first time codified music as part of a core, well-rounded academic experience with which all Tarat aademie environment focuses on and
prises primarily STEM subjects, but we have learned that it is actually the A in STEAM (Arts) that prosides training ground for the things employers say they• prize more than subject-matter knowledge: creativity, initiative, and the ability to
go through school without access to these subjects.
Renerate new solutions to problems not previously encountered. No child should Humans have engaged in music for as long as we have written history. Eve hefore humans had the shility to write down the music they were creabng an performing, they produced written descriptions documenting the fact that the valued musie. The Biblical authors wrote about people engaging in music by playing instruments, dancing, and singing. Clearly, music was a part of thes ancient cultures. We don't know what that music sounded like, because they didn have a system to write it down, but we know they were doing it.
We also know that humans have been "musicking" since long before writen history, as evidenced by prehistoric bone flutes found in various parts of the word.
The existence of these instruments suggests that music may actually have preceded formalized spoken language as we understand it, and certainly preceded writing To put this in perspective, humans were creating and playing instruments when wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers roamed the earth. And to make that fact even more intriguing, when researchers blew through those flutes, they heard the pentatonic scale still in use in elementary school music today. Why would those early humans have created music, when the primary objectives were to eat, not die from the elements, and not be eaten? We can't answer this question definitively, but one theory is that they were imitating the sounds they heard in natur…
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 16/09/2026
No seriously! Hold on! I just read about this in a music appreciation class I’m taking to prepare for Paris’s music therapy
MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFE
RESONANCES *
So here we come to the crux of it. The human brain is an incredibly complicated computer. It handles incomprehensible amounts of information every second, and is more complex than the brains of other animals. There are two primary things that separate us from all other animals on the planet: language and music. Our brains are structured differently than are those of other animals, and it is these specialized structures that allow us to engage in language and music. But while language processing is complex, music cognition is even more complex, involving more brain regions and involving activity in both hemispheres, all lobes, the cerebrum, and the brainstem.
Beyond this, music also activates the limbic system within which emotions and feelings are processed. It is capable of eliciting sympathetic emotional response from listeners even in the absence of words, and our memory systems are intrinsically woven into the brain's processing of music. This is why music can be used to "bring back" patients with Alzheimer's, and why you can remember a song even if you haven't heard it for 40 years. Suddenly, you'll find yourself singing along and wondering how in the world you still have that information in there-but it's in there because the retrieval pathways were laid down in more than one way.
You won't remember a poem or a story, or any other information, the way you remember music. For this reason, it is a profound educational tool: information can be entrained quickly and permanently when connected to music. Think about how many things were taught to you as a child through song, beginning with learning your letters! The A-B-C song is the most commonly taught song in the U.S. (and many other places have their own version) because it is such an effective way of teaching children to remember otherwise unfamiliar and disconnected information (the sound of each letter and the order in which they occur in the alphabet). If it is such a profoun…IRESONANCES
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used to regain voluntary movement or return speech skills when they have been lost because of a blood clot or stroke. And the remarkable thing is how genuinely effective these interventions are.
The Field of Music Therapy
It is important to talk about what music therapy is, and what it is not. Although all people can participate in music, and music teachers spend time creating music and working with students, board certified music therapists are the only individuals who participate in an allied health profession that is research-based, and that, in the words of the American Music Therapy Association, "actively applies supportive science to the creative, emotional, and energizing experiences of music for health treatment and educational goals." Music therapy is applied in either an educational or clinical context, and music therapists must hold a music degree(s) and a degree in music therapy. The degree involves clinical internship and certification by the board of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Licensing involves many hours of training in order to understand which musical activities to apply in a given context, and it may be used to improve individuals' functioning, health, or wellbeing.
So why does music therapy work? Because it is a stimulus that activates every major region of the brain simultaneously. Because music processing occurs globally in the brain, it develops more comprehensive and stronger neurologic processes.
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That is why I would like to explain what is meant by 'spectrum' when we talk about the 'autistic spectrum'.
Sometimes when people think of this word, they think of the autism spectrum as being like this:
Not autistic
Very autistic
A very linear looking 'spectrum', which gives the impression that people range from being
'a little autistic' to 'very autistic'.
Hm. How can you be
'a little autistic'?
It's that vague language
that I always Find confusing.The problem with thinking of the spectrum in this way, is that a perception of an autistic person also becomes linear.
You're only a little autistic, Archie.
Hm. I still don't understand, can you be less vague?
You're able to have a normal conversation with me and act
pretty normal! You're not severely autistic.
Not autistic
Very autistic
...Ano so you see, if someone thinks you're on a 'low end' of this spectrum, this often happens:
Archie you can handle all of this just Fine, you're not that autistic.
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It can lead to some people labeling you as being incapable of doing anything at all.
Not autistic
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But also many traits are useful in every day life.
Each person with autism will have a set of traits all
in different areas of the spectrum.
The areas where they don't have a trait will function no differently to a neurotypical brain, but may be affected by circumstances.
In example, I am good at making
conversation (language). But I get sensory overload in loud and crowded spaces, which then makes conversation very hard for me.
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"TRIPLE JEOPARDY SYNDROME"
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Source: Morgan, K.P. Describing the emperor's new clothes: Three myths of educational (in)equity. In The Gender Question in Education: Theory, Pedagogy, & Politics. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1996, 105-122. Used in AWIS' intersectionality fact sheet at https://www.awis.org/intersectionality/
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The absolute cutest
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Y’all, look at my beautiful family
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Somatic regulation
Somatic regulation infographic 

Somatic Regulation Strategies
Somatic movement is mind-body movement that focuses on the internal experience of the movement rather than the appearance or outcome.

Progressive muscular relaxation (PMR)
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in a systematic way. Tensing on the in-breath and releasing on the out breath.
Research shows that the muscles are less tense following
PMR and the proprioceptive sites in the body give feedback to the brain that the body is calmer. It is also

Jumping on a trampoline
Vestibular movement and proprioception rhymthm

Throwing a yoga / therapy ball against a wall
Proprioception movement and rhymthm

Kicking or bouncing a ball
Proprioception movement and rhymthm

Shaking or stomping out excess energy
A natural discharge during Fight, flight, freeze, fawn is the use of energy. Exercise reduces adrenaline and cortisol endorphins.

Brisk walking / marching on the spot
Vestibular and proprioception movement

Star jumps
Start in a quarter squat position with your back flat, feet together, and palms touching the sides of your lower legs.
Jump up, raising your arms and legs out to your sides (your body should form an "X" in mid-air). lower yourself back into the starting position.

Large bilateral motor movements
Opening up the body, utilising both sides of the body
rews to ince rate the wwo sides of the brain. constocr crossing midline, using figure of 8 etc
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Rolling over yoga / therapy ball
Proprioception movementSomatic regulation infographic part 2

Somatic Regulation Strategies
Playing instruments
Proprioception movement and rhythm and sound



Heavy work
Working out or chores. lifting, pulling, crab walking.

Clicking the finger of one hand whilst simultaneously blinking the eye on the other side of the body and then
Opposite sides

Bilateral scribbling
Having a crayon in both hands (2 different colours) and
to beat of music -
scribbling to music.

Dance to the music
Vestibular and propioception movement

Small progressive
Small movements gradually getting bigger:
movements
Wittung toes- breathe through your nose- wittle the feet-breathe through your nose- wiggle leg

Rocking Chair
Vestibular movement

Gently sitting and bouncing on trampoline or yoga
/ therapy ball
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