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As a woman who’s autistic I realised it has fallen to me to to write a letter to my little self.
I was only diagnosed with Aspergers last year and with that recognition has come so many realisations, happiness, relief and a whole lot of resentment.
Realisations that the way ...
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With children knowing school holidays are looming with class parties and the much encouraged by the schools stage performances you may find your little one starts to exhibit some anxiety.
As you may know I’m a home educator and I will tell you why.
In schools I have found that ...
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After all the months and months, years really of working hard against the horrors of MMS and other abusive treatments against autistics I am thrilled that after The Independent featured my work in an article that the article has been picked up by the wider press and published in quite a few different media sources.
This is wonderful for me but even more importantly it brings more public attention to the horrible things that are done to autistics in pursuit of ...
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Did you know that even though a meltdown has finished, the shock to the system can still affect the individual for days afterwards?
Let’s go through briefly what a meltdown is…
It’s a loss of control, an overwhelming feeling of rage that can envelope you to the point of no longer being aware what you are saying or doing.
A person in meltdown mode has hit the point of no return and full fight or ...
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Emma Dalmayne is an Autistic woman, with 6 kids, all she feels are neurologically different.
Emma has the unique ability of being able to explain in amazing detail aspects of her autistic traits, coping mechanisms and how to manage life. This incredible talent, along with her brilliant writing skills has helped countless parents, and therefore their autistic ...
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I sat up late one night to write the letter you are about to read. I should have gone to bed, but an impassioned plea from a Mother whose child was having difficulties at school with his peers prevented me from being able to sleep. The words “I hate it when I’m being autistic” made my eyes fill up, and I reacted with all the usual common sense of unregulated compulsion, ...
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Marilyn was born Norma Jean Mortenson and lived mostly in orphanages due to her mothers mental health problems.
She married aged 17 to a young man named Jim Dougherty, she enjoyed young married life and loved cooking peas and carrots together because of the colours! The marriage didn’t last as Jim didn’t approve of his wife’s blossoming modelling career.
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Therapies are calling themselves ABA in order to get paid by insurance companies that will only fund ABA.
So we have Feeding therapy, Play therapy and Music Therapy masquerading as ABA.
True ABA was invented by Lovaas who believed a harsh repetitive regime would force children to blend in with neurotypical society.
Parents are told as soon as their child is diagnosed as autistic that ...
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I wanted to send a message to the parents, the self proclaimed ‘ Warrior Moms’ who say they are ‘ Combating Autism’ and bleaching the child they gave birth to.
The child they nurtured in they’re womb, then they heard the word ‘ Autism’.
Suddenly the child they had cherished was a problem to be fixed, and they literally launched war on they’re own children.
With a ...
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