#jimtaylor

[theperfessor]

Here is an article where a comic I scripted for artist Jim Taylor to be published by T.C. Ford's United Comics was mentioned.

https://www.journalinquirer.com/connecticut_and_region/east-windsor-artist-gets-help-from-industry-titans-to-create-his-own-comic-book/article_56ac24dc-4618-11ec-a0ae-0f6532bff7d3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR3x7PCvgCAvsq5_5lLBiVJVMShuuT89aQcjIp_dk-c9J-0Y00THMrByXLU

[billysigudla]

@jimtaylor #JimTaylor with Famed #WHeelChairAthlet @RIckhansen of @RickHansenFdn #RickHansen (at Gauteng) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgLA6EBi_W/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cp97lnu5uk3u

[catmigliano7]

@Regran_ed from @6values.el - #greenbaypackers #bartstarr #paulhornung #vincelombardi #jimtaylor ...great pic of these 4! Look at the lung dart in Hornung's hand! Taylor witb no pants and Lombardi with a Coke and a smile! And then there were two... #JimTaylor's sunset was this morning, 10/13/18 at the age of 83. Hornung was known for the most debaucherous living & the last time I PA'd at an event, he drank me under the table. Bart never smoked in his life. I don't think he drank. If he did, he it was not publicly, because he considered himself a role model. In retirement years at Packer events, I only saw him drink soda or water. I'm not sure how much lifestyle contributes & how much is genetics. I know as these Legends have their sunsets, mine is approaching quickly. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5DhkYnp7t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1phmbr3h85b6g

[sonialees]

I’m ready for #downsizing now thanks @paramountnz @downsizingfilm hits NZ cinemas January 25th 🙌🏽 . . . #mini #movies #alexanderpayne #jimtaylor #mattdamon #paramountnz #transition #leisureland #merrychristmas

[bookoftextures]

Autism Awareness Week Conference: Guest Speaker 3: Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor is an independent autism consultant. He has worked extensively in schools, adapting the environment to be better for autistic people.

He was speaking on creating learning environments. This is something I know less about. He touched quite a lot on how perceptual differences will affect how appropriate an environment is to learning. He highlighted how accessibility strategies tend to focus on obvious physical disabilities, like installing ramps, and less on adaptation for invisible disabilities.

While he did reference more autists than the others had, there was still a lot of overlap.  I was quite amused at the child who told him to be quiet because the sounds that a light was making were more interesting than he was.  There was another example where he acknowledged the importance of differentiating what about something interests you, and what you are being asked for. Someone was demonstrating his sons incredible sense of smell, and he was fascinated by what the kid could smell, but the parent just wanted him to officially tell the school that the kid wasn’t being rude when they said the teacher smelt too bad in proximity.

A lot of his suggestions do sound helpful, but they only work in a world of perfect funding, and within special schools. He went to great lengths to emphasise that his examples are only examples, and they work for the autist he is talking about at the time, not for all autists. He also highlighted that it is important not to create a dependency on the perfect environment, but to promote independence. Sometimes the dependant rout is easier, and faster, but it does not last.

He finished with a point I’d like to share: The goal is to create a classroom where autistic pupils feel safe in/want to escape TO/want to explore and work in. Sometimes tolerable isn’t enough.

I did disagree with an earlier point, where he says that when considering making a difference, and making “all” the difference, he wants “all” the difference. I’d had the slides in advance and was actually expecting to hear the opposite. Do not be prevented from making positive steps because it doesn’t sort Everything. I don’t think the outsider can sort everything for someone else.