Friday, 28 October 2022

I am not a fan of creating a "Profound Autism" category. Here's why.

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  Fairly regularly, we get a few well-connected parents demanding that their autistic child be given a 'profound autism' label.  The...
Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Research that dishonours and harms autistic people

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  This week, thousands of autistic people witnessed a research team describing us as risks, as deficits, as disordered.   Parents of our lov...
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...