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10 Tips for If You Get Sensory Overload from Hot Weather and Sweat

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[Image Description:  "10 Tips for If You Get Sensory Overload from Hot Weather and Sweat" is in center-aligned gold text in a white text box. There is a sun emoji and hot face emoji on the right side of "Sweat." The text box is overlapping a light blue Procreate elements water brush pattern as the background. ] CONTENT WARNING: I would like to mention that I am not a nutritionist, medical professional, or therapist. All content posted on my disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for medical nor mental health care advice. If you suspect that you or a loved one is experiencing medical/mental health concerns, it is okay to get support. I highly recommend seeking support from a medical or mental health professional who is qualified to do so. As hot summer weather has arrived in my area and some other parts of the world, I un...

The Challenges Associated with Hypersensitivity and Hyposensitivity for People with Invisible Disabilities and Low Support Needs

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[Image Description: The image shows a red, white, and green 14 sugar free sticks pack of Watermelon artificially flavored Airheads gum with micro-candies laying on a brown desk. ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention that I am not a medical doctor, psychologist, or therapist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care advice.  If you suspect that your child is experiencing developmental concerns, it is okay to get help. I highly recommend seeking help from a medical doctor, psychologist, therapist, and/or other professional who is qualified to do so.     Not all but many people in the disability community with both low and high support needs exhibit characteristics that do not make their disabilities obvious. This is especially prevalent/common among people in the ...

17 Recommendations For If You Get Sensory Overload from Any Illness with a Stuffy Nose

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                          [Image Description: There is a sneezing face emoji with a light blue background. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is also in the bottom left corner of the image. ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention that I am not a medical professional. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for medical nor mental health care advice.  If you suspect that you or a loved one are experiencing medical health concerns, it is okay to get support.  I highly recommend seeking help from a medical professional who is qualified to do so.     People with weaker immune systems have a higher risk of catching any illness that involves a stuffy nose, such as common colds and infections. This is especially common for people...

Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students on the Autism Spectrum/Autistic Students/Students with Autism/ASD

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[Image Description: There is a wooden brown bookshelf containing a collection of comics, graphic novels, mangas, and other genres. The comics and graphic novels are arranged in a series including DC, Arrow, Batman, Detective Comics, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Flash, Green Lantern, Amazing Spiderman, The Sandman, Preacher, Monstress, Paper Girls, Legend of Sumeria. Fever 1793 is also pictured lying flat. ] CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a reading specialist or psychologist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services.  If you suspect that your child or student has any academic concerns in reading comprehension, it is okay to get help, and I highly recommend seeking help from a reading specialist, psychologist, and/or other professional who is qualified to do so.     Reading comprehension is an essential life skill fo...