Oct 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week I’m joined again by my autistic friend Ros, for this months Autism In Company. We’re discussing autism and physical health. Anecdotally in the autism community there appears to be a higher incidence of certain physical health conditions....
Oct 5, 2018 | Autistic Spectrum
I feel that it’s important to teach autistic children and young adults healthy coping strategies. I say this as an autistic adult who had a lot of unhealthy coping strategies in my arsenal by the time I hit my late teens. Learning to manage overwhelming emotions...
Sep 27, 2018 | Autistic Spectrum
Adolescence is a challenging time for everyone. For autistic teens it can be even more challenging, for a variety of reasons. It can also be a time for potential pit falls, so in this video I’m talking about the challenges of adolescence and autism. What too...
Sep 20, 2018 | Autistic Spectrum
When a child is diagnosed with autism one of the issues parents and caregivers face is when and how to tell their child they’re autistic. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Having been through this experience twice with my children who were...
Sep 13, 2018 | Autistic Spectrum
It’s time for this month’s Autism In Company. Autism and politeness. Following on from our discussion about boundaries, we are discussing politeness. Politeness can be super complicated for autistic people. So we discuss why being polite is a good idea,...
