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Being autistic self diagnosed - an interview with my self diagnosed autistic friend Cathie about her experiences including;
- what made her think that she is autistic
- why she hasn't chosen to have an autism assessment
- any negative experiences since her autism self diagnosis
- her advice for others who are self diagnosing autism

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Being Autistic Self Diagnosed

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Five ways I'm not an autism stereotype. As an autistic person I deal with invalidation due to people's stereotypes of autism, what it is and what it looks like.

So I made this video addressing some of the most common autism stereotypes. Feel free to share it widely to help educate the public about our condition.

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Five Ways I'm Not An Autism Stereotype

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Being in a relationship when one of you is autistic and ADHD can be a challenge. I'm an autistic ADHD er who's been married to a neurotypical man for over 20 years. In This video we are sharing our experiences.
The challenges we've faced, and overcome, and the benefits of my kind of brain in our marriage.

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Being In A Relationship When One of You Is Autistic (and ADHD)

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Why is World Autism Awareness month problematic. I'm looking at some of the reasons that the autism community have expressed that they find autism awareness day and month difficult and why.

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Why Is World Autism Awareness Month Problematic

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Dissociation explained. In this video I'm talking about what dissociation is and who it affects, as well as explaining dissociative disorders like dissociative identity disorder, and some steps you can take to support yourself if you experience dissociation.

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Dissociation Explained

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How to avoid catastrophic thinking. Anxiety led catastrophising can derail us and make problems seems larger and unmanageable.

In this video I'm explaining why catastrophic thinking happens and suggesting some exercises to try to work on avoiding catastrophising.

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How To Avoid Catastrophic Thinking

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Wholesome ways to enhance autistic life. Using comforting activities, mini routines and rhythms to build a life that is cosy and regulated.

As an autistic ADHD staying well regulated and at peace can be difficult. With physical disability in the mix it can feel like a constant battle to be OK. So I've been working on making small, positive changes which can impact my wellbeing and are sustainable. In this cosy video I'm talking about and showing some of these routines.

This is a video I made about trauma in case you'd like to hear more - https://youtu.be/7r31FWMjrY0

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Wholesome Ways To Enhance Autistic Life

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How to emotionally regulate. Emotional regulation can be difficult for people, particularly;
autistic people
ADHD ers
CPSD
borderline personality disorder
attachment issues
This video covers why, and some techniques for working on emotional regulation and navigating the negative impacts of this on our lives.

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How To Emotionally Regulate

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Autistic people experience difficulties with social imagination, but it's not something we often discuss so I made this video explaining what social imagination is and how difficulties with social imagination can impact those on the autistic spectrum.

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What Is Social Imagination?

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Q&A with my sister including
- How to help during an autistic meltdown/ how to help someone who is in autistic meltdown
- Am I religious?
- What signs of autism did my sister see

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How To Help During Autistic Meltdown (Q&A)

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Cozy games for neurodivergent brains is a video recommending video games that are calming and soothing.

This is especially for people with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia

Games which do not cause adrenaline spikes.

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Cosy Games For Neurodivergent Brains

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In this video I chat to Hilary CEO of Dogs For Autism about what is an autism assistance dog? How can you tell if an autism assistance dog will help? How are the assistance dogs trained? Do assistance dogs enjoy the work? Autism service dog

If you'd like to support Dogs for Autism here is the website https://dogsforautism.org.uk
Click get involved for the many ways that you can help

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What Is An Autism Assistance Dog?

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