Founder Guy Shahar has been thinking about the word neurodiversity- what it means and what it stands for. Whether it’s helpful or unhelpful in supporting the acceptance of every individual regardless of difference. Using the power of AI and presented in the form of a Conversation between two people debating
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”.
Should we call autism a disability, or something else? Should we say that someone is “autistic” or that they “have autism”?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
by Guy Shahar Published: 2nd April, 2020 It’s something that’s often experienced and talked about by autistic people but rarely discussed publicly. It’s the phenomenon that at some point in life, you just run out of steam and find yourself unable to keep up with the way of life you’ve been
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