It comes in the form of “whole body listening,” or classroom posters that encourage students to listen with their whole bodies by making eye contact with the speaker, and using “quiet hands.” It looks respectful and it makes a teacher’s job easier when they know students are looking at them, and appears to be paying attention. Stim suppression, at first glance, may not look abusive. These stim suppression techniques do not look abusive, but they harm neurodiverse and disabled people. Image description: Common methods of stim suppression, including “quiet hands,” and variants including “nice hands” and “safe hands,” forcing eye contact, and “whole body listening” that is encouraged at schools and in some early interventions such as ABA.
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