Systems and Safety: On Masking and Autistic Burnout
Viv Dawes, autistic advocate, on masking and burnout Viv Dawes is the author of The Young Person’s Guide to Autistic Burnout. Viv is an autistic…
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Unschooling and Navigating the Gaze of Others
Unschooling and Navigating the Gaze of Others Many parents notice when their child is struggling at school, but the idea of homeschooling can feel overwhelming.…
Bringing Playfulness to Yoga with Autistic Children
Bringing Playfulness to Yoga with Autistic Children Yoga sessions with autistic children can be joyful, engaging, and empowering when the right elements are in place.…
Autistic Communication; Not As Simple As A, B, C.
Autistic Communication; Not As Simple As A, B, C. By Niamh Garvey, an autistic author from Cork. Find her latest book, The Autistic Guide to…
Targeting the Positive with Behaviours that Challenge
How This Book Was Born: The Story Behind Targeting the Positive I didn’t set out to write a book. I set out to understand people.…
Why is a neuroaffirmative approach important when you’re diagnosing autistic children?
This is an extract from The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook – The first handbook on neuro-affirmative child autism assessment, written by a group…
The Autistic Teen Girl’s School Survival Guide
The Must-Have Manual for Autistic Girls Gracie Barlow has lots of super helpful advice for autistic girls on learning, communicating, and making friends in her…
Building Blocks of Emotion: Helping Children Understand Big Feelings Through Play
Help children to understand feelings like anger using play! This World Children’s Day, the author of the Creative Ways books Fiona Zandt shares an engaging method for helping children understand and regulate their emotions, using a playful activity with interconnecting blocks.
The ‘double-empathy’ problem – or why I wrote Under the Radar
Under the Radar by Dr Emilia Misheva introduces you to the differing presentations of autism that are common in girls, but also explores why referring…
Young, Autistic and ADHD – author Q&A with Sarah Boon
After the recent release of her book Young, Autistic and ADHD, we got a chance to ask Sarah Boon a few questions about writing the…