As an Autistic student it would be well worth your while to apply for the Disabled Student Allowance [DSA]. Not only can you get your hands on some useful software and some nice kit to play it on, but you could also be provided with some very useful one to one support. ApplyingThere is an excellentContinue reading “Heading off to do a degree or a postgraduate qualification?”
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Welcome to Our Training Team
Our Training Team has just gotten bigger and we’d like to tell you all about it! But first we’d like to say a special Thank You to a group called “Autism R US” who recently ended their long running project in Nottinghamshire and in doing so donated all of their closing finances to us atContinue reading “Welcome to Our Training Team”
UK Tests Emergency Alert System
The UK Government are going to be testing their new Emergency Alert system based off systems used in countries such as the United States. There is a BBC Article about this here. This system means that in the event of an emergency situation, such a natural disasters, every person nearby with a functioning mobile phoneContinue reading “UK Tests Emergency Alert System”
Did Grunya Sukhareva Discover Autism?
#AccessibleAcademia Slide01Did Grunya Sukhareva Discover Autism? Slide 02The Short Answer: NoAutism has always been a part of human diversity*.But various people have taken credit for first describing and categorising us medically. *Autistic author Temple Grandin suggests that only autistic people have the stamina for repetition and abstract thought necessary for humans to invent stone toolsContinue reading “Did Grunya Sukhareva Discover Autism?”
Resources
Blog masterpost: https://anautismobserver.wordpress.com/ Autistic Black/Indigenous/People of Color & Latinx Advocates to follow: https://www.facebook.com/…/a.389117…/455211958412541/… Blogs by non-speaking writers: https://mitchellslifewithautism.com/https://faithhopeloveautism.blogspot.com/ Creative expression: https://the-art-of-autism.com/ News & Resources: http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/ Accessible Academia: http://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/photos/ 1/4 Understanding AutismI want to learn about autismVia free, online resourcesWhere should I go? Great question! the answer is…#ActuallyAutistic BloggersWhen you read blogs by people who are autistic,Continue reading “Resources”
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Masterpost: Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania
Originally posted on The Artism Spectrum:
More than half the letters I get from my readers ask me for help with stimming—be it redirecting unsafe stims, ideas for healthy stimming, or developing sensory coping skills. I’ve decided to create a series of masterposts to serve as a kind of FAQ for these common issues! I’ll be…
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