Category: Girls with Autism
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The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide Book Review
“If you’re reading this book, chances are that you’re autistic too. I wrote this book especially for you.” Last month a new and exciting book launched entitled The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide – How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic by Siena Castellon. The book has been published by JKP and is available online if…
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The Born Negotiator
”Don’t forget, I know how to embarrass you,” she says. I mean, that’s not typical for an eight year old child to think about or verbalise to their parent, even less imaginable if you were to consider that the child in question is autistic. In a house with a child who has Pathological Demand Avoidance…
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Sleeping Beauties and Simple Wishes
On New Years Eve, as I lay down with my eldest daughter to help get her to sleep, I asked what her new year’s wish would be – you certainly can’t ask a demand-avoidant child what her new year’s resolution would be! Going to sleep over the last few years has been one of our…
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The Song To Freedom
The most appalling case, concerning a young vulnerable person with autism, has hit my radar this week and is something I feel very strongly to write about. There are so many parents who often get in touch with such different experiences, and with the desperate desire to make it better for their kids, but we…
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The Invisible Barrier
“I’ve kind of spent my whole life in this kind of observational role, even when I’m an active participant.” Little Black Duck (adult with PDA) – taken from the book PDA by PDA’ers An important trait, often missing from our current thinking on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is the behaviour of ‘observing.’ Studying other individuals…
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The Rain (Wo)Man
There is something I must confess. For someone who writes about autism, and publicly proclaims to have some knowledge on the subject, you would have at least thought I would have seen the most recognisable film about autism? Well guess again. It’s even more astonishing when I have also come from a film and theatre…