Autism and social skills
Many social skills courses are still working within the deficit model of autism which is completely outdated and oppressive, damaging ..
Many social skills courses are still working within the deficit model of autism which is completely outdated and oppressive, damaging ..
Firstly, thank you for joining our AUsome community. We're so [...]
AUsome Training places Autistic voices at the centre of our [...]
Othering basically means putting people in a category that is [...]
if you are brave, open minded, and ready to listen to the Autistic experience without speaking over us; if you are the type of person who acknowledges that society as it is now does not accept or understand Autism and Autistics and that the experts on the Autistic experience are Autistic people living Autistic lives, then AUsome Training is absolutely for you.
Learning about "autism" means that you have already made the assumption that Autistic people are defective versions of a perceived "normal".
Evaleen refers back to her article on Autistic play and lining things up and humorously tells us Lining things up is contagious, schools line up in single file, the army, aisles and shelves in supermarkets. Order makes us feel safe as humans, if we know where they’re going to be and how they’re going to be
Lack of disability representation is a big issue as is [...]
Our Konnect books are being used in clinics, schools and [...]
Stiof MacAmhalghaidh will present at our Parents Autism Conference on [...]