Empowering Nonspeaking Voices
At Mercury Cazimi Education, we believe all human beings deserve to be known and valued as their true, authentic selves.
Our Vision
For nonspeaking people with autism to live in a world where they feel seen, heard, and understood; where they can share their gifts with others; where they are free to be fully themselves; where they have agency over the paths their lives will take.
Our Mission
To transform special education for nonspeaking students with autism through accepting individuals as they are, recognizing their unique gifts, and empowering them to share their voices with the world.
Our Goal
To open a microschool for nonspeaking, minimally speaking, and unreliably speaking students in Columbus, OH, in 2027. Our education model will embrace and support what makes us human, recognizing that to be known is to be free.
Why "Mercury Cazimi"?
1. Mercury is the planet of
communication.
2. A cazimi is when a planet aligns
almost perfectly with the sun,
and when Mercury is the planet,
it's called a Mercury cazimi.
3. A Mercury cazimi symbolizes
communication standing in the
heart of the sun, gaining an
audience with the sun, being
empowered by the sun.
4. Mercury Cazimi Education is
about empowering nonspeaking
students to share their unique
voices with the world and to
shine as their true, authentic
selves.
1. Mercury is the planet of communication.
2. A cazimi is when a planet aligns almost perfectly with the sun, and when Mercury is the planet,
it's called a Mercury cazimi.
3. A Mercury cazimi symbolizes communication standing in the heart of the sun, gaining an
audience with the sun, being empowered by the sun.
4. Mercury Cazimi Education is about empowering nonspeaking students to share their unique
voices with the world and to shine as their true, authentic selves.
Deep Listening
We respect each student's preferred methods of communication and listen when they express their voice.
Collective Learning
We engage in an open, choice-based learning process that recognizes every single one of us is a teacher.
Radical Belief
We presume competence in our students and value their knowledge, abilities, and unique gifts.
We accept students exactly as they are. There is much more in our humanity that connects us than separates us.
Full Acceptance
Our Approach
Deep Listening
We respect each student's preferred methods of communication and listen when they express their voice.
Collective Learning
We engage in an open, choice-based learning process that recognizes every single one of us is a teacher.
Our Approach
We presume competence in our students and value their knowledge, abilities, and unique gifts.
Radical Belief
Full Acceptance
We accept students exactly as they are. There is much more in our humanity that connects us than separates us.
Our Approach
Empowering nonspeaking students through acceptance and partnership.
Deep Listening
We respect students' preferred methods of communication and listen when they express their voice.
We presume competence in our students and value their knowledge, abilities, and unique gifts.
Radical Belief
Collective Learning
We engage in a reciprocal learning process that recognizes every single one of us is a teacher.
Full Acceptance
We accept students exactly as they are. There is much more in our humanity that connects us than separates us.
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