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.
Who are you?
Question: when you were thinking what to call your business, did it come easily? Was it obvious?
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.
Autism training that sticks
So…following on from last week’s question — ‘What should I prioritise in a short autism understanding online session?’
The Great Autism Training Edit Challenge
Today’s challenge: squeezing a full day’s worth of “Understanding Autism” training into just two hours? Obviously, I’d love more time.
Another Monday!
The Autism Network strikes again ! The best thing about Mondays at the moment is delivering a series of one-day in-depth ‘Understanding Autism’ courses for staff from an HSCP in Scotland for The Autism Network.
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.
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.