(Any products specifically mentioned are just from the experience of one person) While the weather outside is changeable to say the least at the moment, there’s more unseasonable warmth on the cards. We all know how important sunscreen is, how easy it can be to miss signs of skin cancer (not to be dramatic) so,Continue reading “Sun Cream – Sensory Issues & Overcoming Them!”
Category Archives: Home Life & Skills
Sick Day Self Care
Would you believe, once again, I have COVID! So that means I am working from home as best I can, given the blergh I am feeling. With that in mind, I thought as I spend my day working from home, I would write some tips on preparing for the inevitable “Sick Day”. Ideas here couldContinue reading “Sick Day Self Care”
How Not To Cope.
For most of my life, I have been incredibly guilty of having and utilising unhealthy coping mechanisms. Growing up undiagnosed Autistic is most likely the cause of that, and only after diagnosis did, I learn to switch to some healthy coping mechanisms. Well, I actually had to take several months off work last year becauseContinue reading “How Not To Cope.”
“no such thing as the ‘voiceless'”
1/22 AccessibleAcademia Who: MorganJournal: PSU McNair Scholars Online JournalPublished: 2019Title: Connections Between Sensory Sensitivities in Autism; the Importance of Sensory Friendly Environments for Accessibility and Increased Quality of Life for the Neurodivergent Autistic Minority Full paper: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1212&context=mcnair “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.”Continue reading ““no such thing as the ‘voiceless’””
Autistic Friendly Urban Design
1/32 Full paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/2/2/42 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: ChanJournal: Urban SciencePublished: 2018Title: Neurodivergent Themed Neighbourhoods as A Strategy to Enhance the Liveability of Cities: The Blueprint of an Autism Village, Its Benefits to Neurotypical Environments Conceptualising an Autism Village At current, autistic people try & live their best lives in neurotypical environments, despiteContinue reading “Autistic Friendly Urban Design”
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”
#AccessibleAcademia Autism & Deception
Full paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-021-04963-4?fbclid=IwAR3UlwtDjKwc_1P7ubxh1yuV0gpAa4WQkX-7DXsmIFDEX5PfVg8-Zqq2tiY #AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without us Who: Lim, Young, & Brewer Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Published: 3 March 2021 Title: Autistic Adults May Be Erroneously Perceived as Deceptive and Lacking Credibility Study: This study wanted to see whether autistic people are seen as more deceptive and less credibleContinue reading “#AccessibleAcademia Autism & Deception”
Uncertainty
Adapting your language to avoid uncertainty. Uncertainty is a common anxiety trigger for many people, who may assume the worst from a lack of evidence to the contrary. It’s really easy to adapt your language to avoid uncertainty – for example, a small sentance which explains the context can help.
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