Tania Melnyczuk
Gestures and glances
I have never met an autistic person who uses a letterboard or keyboard to communicate saying that they were happier when they were only using a few gestures and glances. Parents who deny their children the right to develop the motor skills for communicating in full,...
Planning the QAnon ARG: What was it like to be there?
Understanding that QAnon was a psyop pitched in a PowerPoint presentation in a meeting, paid for by a client, and then designed and run in fulfilment of a contract like a marketing campaign makes my mind go to the scenes where the ARG designers decide what to put into...
How much do psychologists know?
This morning, on Twitter, someone posted this:
You are at work and have to run a meeting. A traumatized little is frontstuck and you have 12 minutes to calm them down. #DIDNightmares (Based on a harrowing true story)
https://twitter.com/10CatsIn1Coat/status/1518679179008618498
I wondered whether the average English-speaking psychologist would even know what that means. I do know for sure that it takes a beyond average one to help a client develop strategies for situations such as these.
How much would a psychologist who’s living life largely away from social media understand of the person’s Twitter bio, and why those terms are in there?
A bunch of cats in a thirty-something DID coat, learning to thrive. Agile coach, pinballer, novelist, gaymer, visually impaired, they/she/he
The Arcades @10CatsIn1Coat
Are you in touch with patient communities, and learning from them?