Ann's Autism Blog

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Transforming our understanding of autistic people - Perception of Pain & Distress in Others

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  In February 2022, a new publication was released for Criminal Justice teams, in the UK. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Useful New Autism Info for Care Settings

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  This is a list of useful research papers and Commissioned documents that have changed how we think about autistic people, and how we respo...
Saturday, 20 November 2021

Strengths-Based Approaches for Autistic Individuals

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  For many years, people assumed quality of life for autistic people only happened when we were 'normalised' from an early age.  Thi...
Wednesday, 20 October 2021

What is autism? A modern understanding for 2021

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What is autism? We get asked this a lot. There's been quite a battle going on.  I will generalise: Group one ... fans of two men who tho...
Saturday, 25 September 2021

Autism is not a look or a behaviour. About enforcing 'Masking'.

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  In the press, news that a team have found a way to give fewer diagnoses to autistic children. "Autism therapy aimed at infants may re...
Thursday, 2 September 2021

Autistic people and phone calls

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  There's a lot of misunderstanding about autistic people, and phone calls. Many autistic people are not always able to speak, or may no...
Monday, 23 August 2021

The new ABA textbook, and why there are serious concerns

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For many years, funders and parents have been informed that there is only one approach that works, for autistic people.  Applied Behaviour A...
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Ann Memmott
Autistic autism professional. National and international speaker. Post Graduate Certificate - autism. Associate, AT-Autism and NDTi 25 years of working alongside autistic people across a wide variety of settings. Trainer, consultant, speaker, lecturer. Working with NHS teams as an external adviser. Previous work as charity Trustee and School Governor.. This is a personal blog and does not represent the views of any organisation linked to me. Manager for over 30 years, working in a Professional Practice for 20 of these.
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