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Posts and articles on Autism
Our Blog includes posts and articles on Autism covering a wide range of subjects and providing useful insights and guidance.
The Critical Role of Early Intervention and the Future of Support
As our understanding of autism continues to evolve, so too does our approach to helping young autistic children and their families through early intervention.
Autism – The Way Of The Future?
There are a lot of common conceptions (mostly mis-conceptions) about autism, and all of them concern what are perceived as its disadvantages; the difficulties that autistic people face because of their “condition”.
The Language of Autism
Should we call autism a disability, or something else? Should we say that someone is “autistic” or that they “have autism”?
Addressing Autistic Trauma
Why is Trauma so common in autism from a very early age, and what can autistic people and their parents do to help avoid it?
Autism and Authenticity
by Guy Shahar Published: 7th October, 2021 Authenticity is a much touted and prized value in society. One of the highest compliments that anyone can receive is that they are authentic. Many autistic people are extremely authentic by nature. It’s not even voluntary – we actually don’t have the ability to easily represent ourselves on the outside other than how we are
Challenging Behaviour
Challenging Behaviour Have you ever stopped yourself to ask, ‘what is challenging behaviour?’ and ‘what can I do to stop it?’ The key takeaway from today is that your child’s behavior is a form of communication. Through their behaviour they are sending you powerful messages and trying to connect with you on a personal level about their thoughts, feelings, needs
Are We Forcing Our Autistic Children to Wear a Mask?
by Guy Shahar Published: 23rd June, 2021 Because autistic and non-autistic people have different neurological profiles, they have different ways of making sense of many things, and different preferences around how to communicate. Neither is better or worse, but because the vast majority of people are non-autistic, it’s easy for a narrative to develop that their way of thinking is the norm
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
by Guy Shahar Published: 10th December, 2020 As profoundly sensitive beings in an increasingly material and pressure-driven culture, it is easy for our autistic children to feel that they are somehow inadequate. At home, at school and elsewhere, they can easily be given messages that they are slow or clumsy or generally just not up to the standards expected by others; and
Do We Say “Autistic Person” or “Person With Autism”?
by Guy Shahar Published: 9th September, 2020 This is a very contentious question concerning all who are autistic or associated with autistic people. Autistic people tend to prefer to be called autistic, while those who work with them professionally tend to prefer to refer to them as people with autism. Why the discrepancy? Why is there so much passionate debate about
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