CHRIS BONNELLO INTERVIEW
Read more from Your Autism magazine’s interview with Chris Bonnello about his school days and his advice to parents.
Tell us a bit about yourself and your job.
Chirs Bonnello: I am a special needs tutor (formerly a primary school teacher), and na author and speaker on autism issue. I also run the website Autistic Not Weird, Where I write about autism from both a personal and a professional perspective. [...]
When were you diagnosed with Asperger syndrome?
Chris Bonnello: I was 25. Before then, I was just known as the weirdnkid – in fact, When I was 10 [...] na educational psychologist wrote “slightly odd personality” in her report about me!
What were your school days like?
Thankfully didn’t struggle at primary school. |I may have had social struggles, but I was deemed to have been ok because I was so inteligent. [...] My teenage years in secondary school were harder, as I was Young adulthood as I came to realise that raw intelligence alone wasn’t enough to make a person succeed – you had to learn how people worked too.
What motivated you to set up Autistic Not Weird?
I left primary school teaching in Decermber 2014, wiyh no intention of going back into education. (Not long later, I would be introduced to the world of special needs tutoring and love Every momento of it!) [...] So I decided to launch a website that might help Other autistic people, and four years on eitg 102,000 Facebook followers...[...]
What advice would you give to anymore who is struggling with “feeling different?
[...] The world needs different brains, different perspectives, and people who can think in different directions. [...]
What’s your top piece of advice for parents of autistic children?
Define your children by their strenghths Rather than their deficiencies. [...] I’m very grateful to have had parents who saw me for who I was Rather than who I wasn’t and teachers who saw what I could do Rather than just what I couldn’t [...]
Struggle: lutar/esforçar-se diante das dificuldades
Deem: considerar
Raw: cru: que ainda não se desenvolveu
Responda
1. Name of the prize.
2. Name of person interviewed.
3. Occupation os the winner.
4. Topics discussed on thr website.
5. Leia as sentenças abaixo e verifique se são verdadeiras ou falsas. As sentenças falsas deverão ser justificadas com frases do texto.
( ) When Chris Bonnello was a child, some people thought he a stranger boy.
( ) In primary school, Chris has learning difficulties, but a social struggles.
( ) As a teenager. Chris realized that it was also necesseary to learn how people work.
( ) After learning about tutoring he launched a website to help people with autismo.
6. Na entrevista, Chris Bonnello dá algumas dicas. Leia os pares de sentenças abaixo e escreva a correta baseada da entrevista.
A)
I – Parents need to focus on things children can do.
II - Parents need to focus on things children can’t do.
B)
I – As the world different perspectives, people can think in the same directions.
II - As the world needs different perspectives, people can think in distinct directions.
C)
I – The strengths of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
II - The deficiencies of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
7. Based on the interview, is the role of family members and teachers for the inclusion of people with autism importante? Why (not).
8. A inclusão envolve a criação de acessibilidade no ambiente. Com base na entrevista de Chris Bonnello, pense em como a escola poderia fornecer um ambiente acessível para o autista amigo do autista” poderia ser fornecido na escola. Marque s respostas corretas.
(A) Check autistic students’ needs.
(B) Emphasize what the autistc student can do and encourage them.
(C) Give students whith autinm easier tasks, so They can accomplish them.
(D) Give students with autism tasks adapted to their needs, so They can accomplish them.
9. Leia as questões e dê sua opinião.
a) As it importante to worry about accessibility and inclusion for everyone in Society? Why (not)?
b) In Brazil, some laws guarantee accessibility. Do you Know these laws? Do you think they are affective? Why (not)?
10 Leia as expressões e marque as definições.
(1) Disability
(2) Blind people
(3) Whellchair user
(4) Assistive ,
(5) Accessibility
(6) Deaf people
(7) Speech Impaired
(8) Segregated learning
(9) Autism Spectrum Disorder
( ) Physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movement, senses, or activities.
( ) Someonewho cannot walk because os injury or illness.
( ) Assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people whith disabilities.
( ) Develop mental disorder that affects communication and behavior.
( ) How easy is something to enter, use or access for people with disabilities.
( ) Those who cannot see.
( ) Those who cannot hear.
( ) Those who can’t speak.
( ) Related to exclusion.
é pra amanha, alguém pode me ajudar?
Read more from Your Autism magazine’s interview with Chris Bonnello about his school days and his advice to parents.
Tell us a bit about yourself and your job.
Chirs Bonnello: I am a special needs tutor (formerly a primary school teacher), and na author and speaker on autism issue. I also run the website Autistic Not Weird, Where I write about autism from both a personal and a professional perspective. [...]
When were you diagnosed with Asperger syndrome?
Chris Bonnello: I was 25. Before then, I was just known as the weirdnkid – in fact, When I was 10 [...] na educational psychologist wrote “slightly odd personality” in her report about me!
What were your school days like?
Thankfully didn’t struggle at primary school. |I may have had social struggles, but I was deemed to have been ok because I was so inteligent. [...] My teenage years in secondary school were harder, as I was Young adulthood as I came to realise that raw intelligence alone wasn’t enough to make a person succeed – you had to learn how people worked too.
What motivated you to set up Autistic Not Weird?
I left primary school teaching in Decermber 2014, wiyh no intention of going back into education. (Not long later, I would be introduced to the world of special needs tutoring and love Every momento of it!) [...] So I decided to launch a website that might help Other autistic people, and four years on eitg 102,000 Facebook followers...[...]
What advice would you give to anymore who is struggling with “feeling different?
[...] The world needs different brains, different perspectives, and people who can think in different directions. [...]
What’s your top piece of advice for parents of autistic children?
Define your children by their strenghths Rather than their deficiencies. [...] I’m very grateful to have had parents who saw me for who I was Rather than who I wasn’t and teachers who saw what I could do Rather than just what I couldn’t [...]
Struggle: lutar/esforçar-se diante das dificuldades
Deem: considerar
Raw: cru: que ainda não se desenvolveu
Responda
1. Name of the prize.
2. Name of person interviewed.
3. Occupation os the winner.
4. Topics discussed on thr website.
5. Leia as sentenças abaixo e verifique se são verdadeiras ou falsas. As sentenças falsas deverão ser justificadas com frases do texto.
( ) When Chris Bonnello was a child, some people thought he a stranger boy.
( ) In primary school, Chris has learning difficulties, but a social struggles.
( ) As a teenager. Chris realized that it was also necesseary to learn how people work.
( ) After learning about tutoring he launched a website to help people with autismo.
6. Na entrevista, Chris Bonnello dá algumas dicas. Leia os pares de sentenças abaixo e escreva a correta baseada da entrevista.
A)
I – Parents need to focus on things children can do.
II - Parents need to focus on things children can’t do.
B)
I – As the world different perspectives, people can think in the same directions.
II - As the world needs different perspectives, people can think in distinct directions.
C)
I – The strengths of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
II - The deficiencies of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
7. Based on the interview, is the role of family members and teachers for the inclusion of people with autism importante? Why (not).
8. A inclusão envolve a criação de acessibilidade no ambiente. Com base na entrevista de Chris Bonnello, pense em como a escola poderia fornecer um ambiente acessível para o autista amigo do autista” poderia ser fornecido na escola. Marque s respostas corretas.
(A) Check autistic students’ needs.
(B) Emphasize what the autistc student can do and encourage them.
(C) Give students whith autinm easier tasks, so They can accomplish them.
(D) Give students with autism tasks adapted to their needs, so They can accomplish them.
9. Leia as questões e dê sua opinião.
a) As it importante to worry about accessibility and inclusion for everyone in Society? Why (not)?
b) In Brazil, some laws guarantee accessibility. Do you Know these laws? Do you think they are affective? Why (not)?
10 Leia as expressões e marque as definições.
(1) Disability
(2) Blind people
(3) Whellchair user
(4) Assistive ,
(5) Accessibility
(6) Deaf people
(7) Speech Impaired
(8) Segregated learning
(9) Autism Spectrum Disorder
( ) Physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movement, senses, or activities.
( ) Someonewho cannot walk because os injury or illness.
( ) Assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people whith disabilities.
( ) Develop mental disorder that affects communication and behavior.
( ) How easy is something to enter, use or access for people with disabilities.
( ) Those who cannot see.
( ) Those who cannot hear.
( ) Those who can’t speak.
( ) Related to exclusion.
é pra amanha, alguém pode me ajudar?
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5. Leia as sentenças abaixo e verifique se são verdadeiras ou falsas. As sentenças falsas deverão ser justificadas com frases do texto.
( T) When Chris Bonnello was a child, some people thought he a stranger boy.
(F ) In primary school, Chris has learning difficulties, but a social struggles.
(F ) As a teenager. Chris realized that it was also necesseary to learn how people work.
(T ) After learning about tutoring he launched a website to help people with autismo.
6. Na entrevista, Chris Bonnello dá algumas dicas. Leia os pares de sentenças abaixo e escreva a correta baseada da entrevista.
A)
I – Parents need to focus on things children can do.
II - Parents need to focus on things children can’t do.
B)
I – As the world different perspectives, people can think in the same directions.
II - As the world needs different perspectives, people can think in distinct directions.
C)
I – The strengths of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
II - The deficiencies of children with autism should be highlighted at school.
7. Based on the interview, is the role of family members and teachers for the inclusion of people with autism importante? Why (not).
truly important i happened to have a cousin with a slight degree of autism and he is so intelligent but he can not socialize very well with people other than his family and really close friends, and i could see through his anecdote how difficult it was for him to be isolated from his colleagues at school and afterwards in high school, therefore a social program that taught teachers and school employees on how to help and support autistic people must be placed in every school!
8. A inclusão envolve a criação de acessibilidade no ambiente. Com base na entrevista de Chris Bonnello, pense em como a escola poderia fornecer um ambiente acessível para o autista amigo do autista” poderia ser fornecido na escola. Marque s respostas corretas.
(A) Check autistic students’ needs.
(B) Emphasize what the autistc student can do and encourage them.
(C) Give students whith autinm easier tasks, so They can accomplish them.
(D) Give students with autism tasks adapted to their needs, so They can accomplish them.
9. Leia as questões e dê sua opinião.
a) As it importante to worry about accessibility and inclusion for everyone in Society? Why (not)?
yes utterly important because people with some type of disabilities need the support and care from others to reach their full potential in life and we should enable them to reach that level!
b) In Brazil, some laws guarantee accessibility. Do you Know these laws? Do you think they are affective? Why (not)?
i know about the parking law where disabled people can park in places that are closer to a certain destination such as supermarket and banks and hospitals so on and so forth, i think they are effective in some cities and others not much since people with lack of compassion for others tend to park in those places that are specific for disabled! therefore we need to develop a set of instructions and teach people to respect others!
10 Leia as expressões e marque as definições.
(1) Disability
(2) Blind people
(3) Whellchair user
(4) Assistive ,
(5) Accessibility
(6) Deaf people
(7) Speech Impaired
(8) Segregated learning
(9) Autism Spectrum Disorder
( (1) Disability) Physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movement, senses, or activities.
((3) Whellchair user ) Someonewho cannot walk because os injury or illness.
( (4) Assistive ,) Assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people whith disabilities.
((9) Autism Spectrum Disorder ) Develop mental disorder that affects communication and behavior.
( (5) Accessibility) How easy is something to enter, use or access for people with disabilities.
((2) Blind people ) Those who cannot see.
((6) Deaf people ) Those who cannot hear.
( (7) Speech Impaired) Those who can’t speak.
((8) Segregated learning ) Related to exclusion.
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