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Reading some of Emma Kenny’s tweets, reflecting on the child psychology briefly mentioned.
It is an area I’d studied a lot about, thought I’d sussed until I had the ultimate study- my own child who happened to be autistic & a complete curve ball to anything I was anticipating
It is an area I’d studied a lot about, thought I’d sussed until I had the ultimate study- my own child who happened to be autistic & a complete curve ball to anything I was anticipating
There is something about living with someone with autism that changes your views or at least it did mine.
It reminds you that communication is at its most effective when it is heart led.
It reminds you that communication is at its most effective when it is heart led.
There is a lot of misunderstanding around autistics - that they don’t have empathy for example but from living with an autistic my experience tells me any outwardly negative behaviour is a retreat from a world too intense, too much.
It’s almost like too much empathy that they cannot face it because sometimes they feel too much - a need to turn away from the bright light.
Autistics commonly struggle with what is known in psychology circles as “theory of mind”.
Autistics commonly struggle with what is known in psychology circles as “theory of mind”.
It means that until older than most kids they don’t know where you end & they begin. It’s like you are almost an extension of them, just know - & you don’t. All kids are born with it but phase lasts longer in Autistics
It’s a fascinating area and one I was forced into learning
It’s a fascinating area and one I was forced into learning
Who did I learn the most from?
Someone called Agony Autie (Sara Jane Harvey) on Facebook.
She taught me more about my son’s autism than anything the council/NHS/books did. Oh and a great man called Dr Luke Beardon who I once met and picked his brains.
Someone called Agony Autie (Sara Jane Harvey) on Facebook.
She taught me more about my son’s autism than anything the council/NHS/books did. Oh and a great man called Dr Luke Beardon who I once met and picked his brains.
Both idenitify as autistic themselves.
As with anything- go to the source - autistic people themselves.
Not sure why I went off on this ramble at 4.45am, but it may help someone. Especially someone with a newly diagnosed child/someone who thinks their child may be autistic
As with anything- go to the source - autistic people themselves.
Not sure why I went off on this ramble at 4.45am, but it may help someone. Especially someone with a newly diagnosed child/someone who thinks their child may be autistic
