Uncertainty: the root of anxiety in so many students with SpLDs
Clare Ward & James Galpin explain their theory behind why uncertainty is the root cause of anxiety for people universally, and especially for students with special educational needs.
Tag: autism spectrum conditions
Insights from Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky
Supporting Children During Coronavirus can be difficult. Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky, authors of the I Have A Question About… series, provide some…
Siena Castellon on Growing Up Awesome and Autistic
Taken from the first chapter of her first book, The Spectrum Girl ‘s Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic, we thought this…
Therapeutic Parenting Essentials: Moving From Trauma to Trust
Who is this book for? Sarah Naish: The purpose of this story is to help all therapeutic parents who are raising children who have experienced…
Autism & Ageing – book extract
The latest in our blog series for Autism Awareness Month, we’re looking at Wenn Lawson’s excellent book for autistic adults. The first book to look…
Aging on the Autism Spectrum-book extract
During the month of April, we’re sharing a series of key extracts from some of our best and most popular books for autistic adults here…
Autism as Difference Not Disorder: Insights from the Author
Drawing on 30 years of professional experience and detailed research, Difference Not Disorder: Understanding Autism Theory in Practice exposes the myths around autism and provides practical guidance…
An Adult With an Autism Diagnosis
It’s Autism Awareness Week in the UK this week and, while we want to foreground the voices of our autistic authors as much as possible…
Self-harm, autism, and the desperate need to be understood
The heartbreaking motivation that compelled Åse Brunnström to find a way to help carers communicate visually with hard to reach children. One day in 2009 sparked the…
How to develop positive thinking in young people with autism by using Social Stories ™
” What Einstein was to atomic theory, astronomy, and math, Siobhan Timmins is to Social Stories™ “ Carol Gray (founder and creator of Social Stories™) …