Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+

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We have expectations of, and do things to, the children of our society, which we would not stand for happening to ourselves. Yet over and over they are forced to fulfil these expectations and blamed when they can’t. And nobody takes responsibilty for this. Where is the responsibility in that? The ripple effect not only goes out in waves through students, but the impact of that ripples through their careers on the people they work with in their lifetime. There’s also a huge element of victim blaming going on here: The DVLA do not understand Autism and make assumptions based on poor quality information, ergo a general statement goes out making the assumption that all Autistic people are bad or potentially dangerous drivers.

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In the UK in March 2019, there was much furore over the DVLA (The organisation in charge of cars and driving) – which decided to state that all Autistic drivers needed to declare the fact that they are Autistic.

Research England – Research England creates and sustains the conditions for a healthy and dynamic research and knowledge exchange system in English universities. When young people like Oliver McGowan are dying in hospitals because health staff don’t understand Autism. This is where the use of language around Autism becomes so important. For self-identity, for mental health reasons, for the broken/fix mentality that society has when it comes to Autism. How we talk is how we think – the use of language Well, if I said to you imagine what a human brain looks like, you’d most likely come up with a picture like this: The Conversation’ is published in conjunction with 79 universities full of the next generation of professionals who will be working in the field of Autism.

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Currently we live in a world that thinks it right and proper that Autism is seen as a thing, a part of an Autistic person. A world that likes to focus on the Person First.Due to this the Identity that most Autistic people naturally adhere to, is either the one of the Mask where they hide in the shadows, or the one written by the hunters, which is still a Mask, just one created by someone else. We fear for our environment, the poisoning of ‘our’ world, the self-destructive cycle we are trapped in that’s causing it. The second thing that needs to happen is that we need to understand why we are in this situation in the first place, why is our difference wrong to the rest of the world, why do they think the way they do about us? For a long time now the only thing that Humanity has really had left to fear is itself and the consequence of it’s own actions. This chain of power shows how all the people (the lions) that need the power, the support, the education and the understanding, hold the least power.

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Rebecca’s book is a great resource for guiding strength-based conversations about a young person’s autistic identity. The book focuses on individual similarities and differences, whilst encouraging a sense of shared identity and connection to others. This is a great resource for supporting young people to explore their individual strengths and skills, whilst developing a sense of pride. A recommended read!" – Dr Claire Prosser BEM, Educational Psychologist, Spectropolis - Pay it ForwardAre either of those phones better than the other? Not at all. They just do the same things in a different way. The Autistic experience of Autism is what binds our community together. Despite the many disagreements that ravage our community, often imposed on us by belief in the pathology paradigm, the internal experience is shared and relatable, the emotional impact is shared and relatable, the cognition and the neurology is shared and relatable. At the end of the day, in terms of Autistic people, no matter how much the geography changes the story remains the same. It explains why Academics, many of whom are Autistic, hide it, because they know that the knowledge of such will only undermine themselves and their work. Autism, Identity and Me: A Professional and Parent Guide to Support a Positive Understanding of Autistic Identity 1st Edition