Tag: autistic
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Training I delivered in 2024
It’s been a great year of delivering training to so many fantastic groups and organisations. I feel so grateful for all of these opportunities! These are some of the groups I delivered sessions to this year (couldn’t fit all of them into the graphic!). If you are interested in my training sessions, feel free to…
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Auticast Podcast Episode
Last week I recorded an episode of the Auticast. It was a fun time discussing changes and life transitions for Autistic people. Thank you to Jack for inviting me on the podcast. 🙂 You can listen to the episode via the links below. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/season-3-episode-5-the-challenges-of-change/id1726622137?i=1000678196690
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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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In-Service Days Training
With some schools in Scotland reopening this week, I was fortunate to be asked to deliver some staff training during their in-service days at the beginning of the week. It has been an invigorating start to the new term! On Monday, I ran a session on Autistic people’s sensory experiences to the teaching staff at…
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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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The Dangers of Pejorative Language
There remains a pervasive and deeply worrying use of pejorative language in society when discussing Autistic people. Of course, this has originated from the early observations of Autistic people almost a century ago, where clinicians made observations of young children displaying distress and judged how they measured against non-autistic people. Despite how much time has…
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Minding Autistic Minds Conference 2024
What an amazing few days in Ireland this week at the Minding Autistic Minds conference (run by AUsome Training) sharing space with wonderful people. It was full of extraordinary practice (and life) changing presentations and workshops. Everyone who supports Autistic people needs to attend events like this. It was so validating to experience on a…
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