The zoom workshops have proved a popular addition to autism act since May. To be honest, all workshops were written to be delivered face to face but when Covid 19 hit, I had to diversify to get training delivered online in order to keep the business going. I’ve had to tweak every workshop to make…
Visual supports are actually a part of all our everyday lives. The phone The clock The fitbit The road sign The time on the washing machine to tell you how long til the end of the cycle The diary …. When you consider it, the list is endless. Visual supports are a reminder of what…
I can’t even begin to tell you how much has happened in a year. Today is the day (21st July) that my work world fell apart and I found out I was being made redundant. After 5 years of learning how to be ‘autism focused’ which I felt was my absolute strength, I was being…
Since Covid 19 lockdown, autism act parent support work has grown in strength and numbers of parents engaging with the services has also grown. It’s an element to the business that has been a positive outcome from the current situation, and let’s face it, there hasn’t been many of those! When I worked as a…
Sensory processing is an area I have always found fascinating and before a last minute change of heart, would have been the subject of my Master of Education degree final dissertation. It is an area that was added to the diagnostic criteria when the ‘triad of impairment’ change as the diagnosis. As result, sensory processing…
In the current climate, the use of Zoom for consultations and workshops has been vital for autism act as a small, fledgling business. However, it has not been without it’s challenges which I have had to face head on. As the vision for my work when autism act begun in January 2020 was to be…
Did the title of this blog catch your eye?!? Well, I did have an hour with Dr Temple Grandin but in all honesty it was as part of her webinar last week to hundreds of people – and I was one of them! She has to be on the list of people you want…
This is the first blog that links to the You Tube videos – Tutorial Tuesday and Strategy Saturday. I had to carefully consider the starting point and of course, it needs to be the beginning. Where else would it be sensible to start? And the beginning should be – What is autism? Autism is…
If you like reading about autism, here are my top 6 books that could fill your lockdown days! Some of them are good resources that may help you set up an intervention and others are just a good read that will expand your knowledge and thinking about autism. Neurotribes by Steve Silbermann – this is an…
There are many different terms for autism and sometimes it can be confusing and makes us wonder if we are talking about the same thing, if we use a different term. Ultimately, it is up to use which term you feel most comfortable using. I have my personal preference too which may be different from…