This week on the podcast my guest, Amy Chavez, and I have a fascinating conversation about our central nervous system and how it relates to difficult behaviour. 

Amy explains that our nervous system seeks to do only two things. Connect or protect. That’s it. End of story. No other options. 

Which begs the question, do we want people with disabilities to connect with us or feel they need to protect themselves from us. 

Which then leads us to examine how we try to support people who are labelled as having difficult behaviours to stop behaving in distressing ways and how we respond when a situation arises. 

This episode is a must listen if you have ever encountered someone whose behaviour is difficult to cope with or if you have ever reacted in a way that didn’t feel good. I’m definitely in that camp. Are you? 

Heather’s Values Of Inclusion are a pattern interrupt that challenge us to stretch and deepen our understanding of what inclusion really means and what it calls on each of us to believe and live out if we want inclusion to exist in our communities. 

If you aren’t sure you buy into inclusion for all people then this episode will be thought provoking. If you are sure you do buy into inclusion for all people then this episode will help you reflect and maybe even identify where you need to stretch. 

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This week on the podcast, Sarah Buffie helps me better understand difficult behaviour.  

Our conversation covers trauma, what happens in our bodies when we are triggered by someone else’s behaviour and what we can do about it.  

It is a fascinating conversation and one I hope to continue as I deepen my ability to be with people who are struggling and expressing themselves through behaviour that I find difficult to cope with.