[Tiana Lemley]

I am right there with you on the sentiment that self-advocacy and success is interweaved with self-awareness. It’s hard to advocate your needs if you haven’t uncovered and understood your strengths and hurdles.

We have taken a self-scientist approach in our house in finding accommodations that worked or more frequently, ones that didn’t work. We’d run an experiment with a specific tech tool, make observations, and report back with thoughts and insights. I would give my teen the autonomy to choose the tool, decide on the time frame, and was intentional about dropping any judgement I had on his reflections.