Ann's Autism Blog

Sunday, 28 August 2016

Autism: Neurodiversity versus "Mental Illness"

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Quite often, I'll say to someone, "What are you doing about autism inclusion in your group?", and they will respond by sayi...
Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Successful Meetings with Autistic Experts

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I'm going to generalise.  Always ask what works.  But, generalising... Autistic people won't meet you unless we can: a) Guess w...
Friday, 19 August 2016

Church: What does 'Autism Accessible/Friendly" mean?

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I'm sometimes asked what we mean, when we say a church is 'autism friendly'. It's a difficult one to answer. It was an h...
Sunday, 7 August 2016

On needing us to be angry

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Love Honour Respect What do those words mean, to you? Whose image comes to mind, when you think of each one? What characteristics does...
Tuesday, 2 August 2016

"That's Not Real Autism!" How to change the thinking.

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How did we get the bad myths about autism? Steve Silberman in his book Neurotribes uncovers a lot of the hidden history of how autism was ...
Sunday, 31 July 2016

The Beauty of Autistic Worship and Spirituality

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I am blessed with knowing some of the most creative, spiritual, caring and loving people. Many of them are autistic.  Quite a few of them ...
Saturday, 23 July 2016

How to write about autism, respectfully.

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20 years of reading materials written by parents and carers of autistic children...professionals and therapists? There's all sorts of ma...
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Ann Memmott
Autistic autism professional. National and international speaker. Master's and Post Graduate Certificate - autism, with award for research. 30 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. Founder and MD of a Professional Practice for 20 years, now Consultant and researcher to one..
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