Intention Statement Before I start this post, I just wanted to set the intention, tone, or whatever you would like to call it. I am writing this as an Autistic woman who has had very severe anxiety in the past. It’s now quite well handled, but I still get some severe rumination and other annoyingContinue reading “Positivity and Negativity – When is it Toxic and When is it Healthy?”
Category Archives: Empathy & Emotions
Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality
1/43Stenning, 2020 Full article: https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/39439/9780367338312_oachapter7.pdf AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: StenningWhere: Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical ParadigmPublished: 2020Title: Understanding empathy through a study of autistic life writing: On the importance of neurodivergent morality Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality This paper is a study of the history of autistic life writing & what thisContinue reading “Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality”
Cross Neurotype Communication
(Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/8 Full article: https://www.mayinstitute.org/pdfs/AS_learning_language.pdf #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: WilczynskiWhere: Autism Advocate FeaturePublished: 2010Title: Learning Each Other’s Language: Strategies to Improve Communication betweenContinue reading “Cross Neurotype Communication”
Unloading the senses
Want to learn more about sensory sensitivities? We’ve got you covered! facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158415420787634 (Did you know that we are an autistic-led not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/25 Sensory overload What are the senses? HowContinue reading “Unloading the senses”
Empathy
Learn more about facial expression recognition here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158396709027634 Learn about autistic communication here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158414939952634 Learn more about alexithymia here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10157820205662634 (Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4 #AccessibleAcademiaNothingContinue reading “Empathy”
Autism Acceptance & Mental Wellbeing
Full paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29071566/Learn more about social identity and mental health here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158422704787634(Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4 Full paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29071566/ #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Cage & colleaguesJournal:Continue reading “Autism Acceptance & Mental Wellbeing”
Facial Expression Recognition
Learn more about facial expression recognition here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158396709027634Learn more about alexithymia here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10157820205662634(Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4 Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/…/10.1177/1362361320932727 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Ola &Continue reading “Facial Expression Recognition”
Talking about Autism within Autistic Families
1/4#AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Crane & colleaguesJournal: AutismPublished: 2020Title: Autistic parents’ views and experiences of talking about autism with their autistic childrenTalking about autismthis paper wanted to look at how autism is spoken about in families, especially when both parent and child are autistic. 2/4Open, honest discussion• open, honest discuss about being autistic wasContinue reading “Talking about Autism within Autistic Families”
Autistic Friends
Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320908976 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Crompton & colleaguesJournal: AutismPublished: 2020Title: ‘I never realised everybody felt as happy as I do when I am around autistic people’: A thematic analysis of autistic adults’ relationships with autistic and neurotypical friends and familyAutistic friendsdespite common stereotypes, many autistic people do want to have friends, andContinue reading “Autistic Friends”
#AccessibleAcademia autism & camouflaging (Hull et al, 2020)
https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.derby.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1002/aur.2407 #AccessibleAcademia Nothing About Us Without Us Who: Hull, Petrides, Mandy Journal: Autism Research Published: October 2020 Title: Cognitive Predictors of Self-Reported Camouflaging in Autistic Adolescents Study: Camouflaging in autistic adolescents aged 13-18 without intellectual disabilities is related to executive functioning abilities, and is not related to age, IQ, or theory of mind. Camouflaging includes:Continue reading “#AccessibleAcademia autism & camouflaging (Hull et al, 2020)”
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