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Parents have lived experience

Spending time again with the Pasda group in Livingston over the last 3 weeks reminds me that their challenges of doing the best for their autistic child goes on into adulthood.

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Who are you?

Question:  when you were thinking what to call your business, did it come easily? Was it obvious?

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Neurodivergence vs Neurodivergence

A Times magazine article this weekend told a personal story about living with dyslexia. Unfortunately, the headline and framing let the subject down badly.

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Autism training that sticks

So…following on from last week’s question — ‘What should I prioritise in a short autism understanding online session?’

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A sad story – please read this.

I was having a break from weekly blogging – blame workload, good weather and life in general.  But … then I heard this story from a Mum of a child going through the diagnosis assessment process. 

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Too much autism training?

Is the autism training market saturated?  This is the allegation that was made against me last week with the implication I should step aside in favour of autistic-led services/organisations/people.

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