Tag: autistic community
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Podcast Episode with The Unfinished Idea
Recently I was invited by Greer, host of The Unfinished Idea podcast, to chat about creating safe spaces for Autistic and otherwise Neurodivergent people. The topic on safe spaces is based on the book I co-authored with Laura Hellfeld (see here). We are delighted this resource is resonating with so many people and it was…
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New Book: Gabby’s Glimmers!
New book coming soon! Alice McSweeney, Laura Hellfeld, Abby Lastowski and I are excited to introduce you to Gabby and their bestest rat friend, Meeple. Gabby’s Glimmers is a rhyming children’s book about a creative, board game playing and spooky-loving kiddo who adores a jam sandwich. Readers are invited to follow Gabby and Meeple to…
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Webinar: Same Food and Self Care with SWAN
I am excited for myself and Laura Hellfeld to be delivering our Same Food and Self Care webinar to Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN) this month! It is always a fun session and this will be our fourth time delivering it together. Webinar details – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swan-webinar-same-food-for-self-care-tickets-1002305321197?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl ID: Flyer of the Same Food and Self Care…
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Announcement: Joining GROVE Neurodivergent Mentoring & Education
I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining GROVE Neurodivergent Mentoring & Education as an individual mentor. GROVE provides online Autistic-led mentoring, groups and programmes for young people in the UK. Very excited to be a part of this wonderful organisation! You can find out more about GROVE on their page. 🙂 And below is the cool…
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Podcast with Neurodiversity Natter on ‘Creating Safe Spaces’
The podcast episode myself and Laura Hellfeld recorded with Neurodiversity Natter is now available! We are very grateful for them inviting us on to discuss our book, Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People. You can listen to this episode via the various options listed in the link below. https://linktr.ee/neurodiversity_natter?trk=public_post_comment-text ID: Dark blue background featuring small…
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Over 200 Copies Sold! ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’
We are delighted to have sold over 200 copies of our ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic people’ book within 3 weeks of publishing. Huge thank you again to everyone who has read it and sent us feedback or reviews. It means so much to me and Laura that this is resonating and hopefully it will…
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Just Published! ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’
*Publishing Day* ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’ (co-written with Laura Hellfeld) is now available as a paperback! (See links below) You can choose either the full colour or colour reduced version. An eBook of both versions will also be coming soon. https://amzn.eu/d/hIpjjQP https://amzn.eu/d/e99Ub1l ID: Beige background with an image of the Creating Safe Spaces…
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PDA Space Summit 2024
This year I am collaborating with Laura Hellfeld Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting for the annual PDA Space Summit held on the 26th – 28th April. Myself and Laura have recorded a webinar discussing the effect that the stress hormone of cortisol can have on Autistic people. We will share various examples of how this can present,…
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Training with Better Lives Partnership
I had a great day yesterday in Dumfries and Galloway delivering a training session to the fantastic Better Lives Partnership. This was my first time facilitating a session in-person through AUsome Training (an organisation in Ireland I often work with). A lovely way to celebrate Weird Pride Day! The session focused on ‘Exploring Neurodivergent Learning’…
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*Announcement* Safe Space Booklet
*Exciting Announcement* Myself and Laura Hellfeld Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting would like to share that we will soon be publishing our booklet ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’. We wanted to write this booklet in order to outline some of the key principles, values and approaches that can cultivate a safe space for Autistic people. This…
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