Visual Strategies Success Story

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A visual strategies success story from a reader..."Even though my son is a teenager, he was still "climbing" into the car - putting his knees on the seat first, and then turning himself around and sitting down. We took pictures of him getting in the car "the right way" and the "the wrong way" and now he gets in the car "the right way" 99% of the time."

EXACTLY. Don't tell me "you

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EXACTLY. Don't tell me "you look gay" (as some were still doing in college), instead, take a picture and point out what I'm doing that looks gay and I'll change it. (Can you tell I have a bit of autism-induced homophobia? I still don't understand why the heterosexual community shunned me in college and the homosexual community tried to recruit me- but it caused some mental scars).