Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Iouri shares his thoughts as an autistic parent of an autistic non-speaker, including some perspective on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as someone who has schooling in the field.
This interview was conducted as part of a video project on the conversation around who is "allowed" to "speak for" non-speaking autistic people. You can find the overall video here: youtu.be/Gep2opzHyG8
00:00 - Can you tell me a bit about you and your family?
03:29 - How well do you feel you understand your non-speaking child and is that influenced by you being autistic?
08:19 - How would you describe your "place" in the autism community, given that you are both a parent of an autistic child and an autistic adult?
09:46 - Do you feel as though you are your child's voice? Why/why not?
15:41 - Does your child use any alternative forms of communication?
18:38 - Do you experience people telling you they know more about what your child needs than you do?
28:02 - What do you think about the conversation around who gets to speak or advocate for non-speaking autistic people?
32:15 - Do you have any other thoughts you'd like to share?
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Iouri shares his thoughts as an autistic parent of an autistic non-speaker, including some perspective on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as someone who has schooling in the field.
This interview was conducted as part of a video project on the conversation around who is "allowed" to "speak for" non-speaking autistic people. You can find the overall video here: youtu.be/Gep2opzHyG8
00:00 - Can you tell me a bit about you and your family?
03:29 - How well do you feel you understand your non-speaking child and is that influenced by you being autistic?
08:19 - How would you describe your "place" in the autism community, given that you are both a parent of an autistic child and an autistic adult?
09:46 - Do you feel as though you are your child's voice? Why/why not?
15:41 - Does your child use any alternative forms of communication?
18:38 - Do you experience people telling you they know more about what your child needs than you do?
28:02 - What do you think about the conversation around who gets to speak or advocate for non-speaking autistic people?
32:15 - Do you have any other thoughts you'd like to share?
MERCH: stephanie-bethany.creator-spring.com
Become a channel member!: youtube.com/channel/UCpSxFn3gz2xMbof_EDumN3A/join
Follow me on Facebook: facebook.com/stephaniebethanyyt
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/stephanie_bethany
My website: stephaniebethany.com
Support my channel and become a Patron!: patreon.com/stephaniebethany
Or give once at ko-fi.com/stephaniebethany
