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AAC Is Not a Last Resort
A seventeenth Why Sheet, logged here late. AAC Is Not a Last Resort argues that a robust communication system is a right rather than a reward for proving you deserve one, and that AAC does not delay…
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Many Ways to Talk
Speaking, semi-speaking, AAC, intensive interaction and every other way we reach each other.
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Spotlight on Semi-Speaking as a Communication Identity with Speech & Language Therapists Harriet Richardson (Hat) and Kim Mears
Hat/Harriet Richardson is a white, semi-speaking, multiply neurodivergent Speech Pathologist, Neurodevelopmental Practitioner and writer. She runs the social media account @hat.talks.uk. Kim Mears is…
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Spotlight on Selective Mutism with Libby Hill, Speech and Language Therapist with Small Talk Speech and Language Therapy
Libby Hill is a consultant speech and language therapist (SLT) with a fascination for autism, including PDA, selective mutism and developmental language disorder. She has been an SLT for 40 years and…
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Being With People & The Value of Intensive Interaction
Helen Edgar draws on twenty years of practice alongside people with PMLD to explore why Intensive Interaction — when practised with genuine neuro-affirming care — is not just a communication…
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Intensive Interaction as Neuro-Affirming Relational Practice
Intensive Interaction isn’t about “fixing” or prompting communication. It’s about meeting someone where they are—through connection, attunement, and shared flow. A neuro-affirming, relational framing…
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Five Autistic Love Locutions: Showing Care And Love In Different Ways
Autistic people have always had our own ways of showing love. Discover the five Autistic love locutions — infodumping, parallel play, support swapping, penguin pebbling and deep pressure.
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NAS Cymru publishes a guide to help Welsh politicians understand and represent Autistic people
The National Autistic Society in Wales has published a guide for Members of the Senedd and councillors on communicating with Autistic constituents, making surgeries accessible and challenging…
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Ombudsman: York council failed to give a non-verbal Autistic boy the communication support in his EHC Plan
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found City of York Council at fault for not making sure classroom staff were trained in Makaton, as a non-verbal Autistic boy’s Education, Health and…
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The Core of the Double Empathy Problem
"Autistic people lack empathy." If you're Autistic, you've probably heard it more times than you can count. In reality, many of us experience empathy so intensely it's almost disabling. What's…
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What Brought You Here?
This week in our NeuroCourage community, someone joined a new group whose sign-up asked, “What brought you here?” She answered “An email.” When she got into the group, she saw that everyone else…
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Sometimes I’m Not Ready for War
Tuesday morning, I asked my husband not to infodump. Since we retired, we spend a lot of time together. He loves to fill that time regaling me with tales of Warhammer 40k lore (for the Imperium),…
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🍁 Neurodiversity Newsletter October Edition
Welcome to October’s Neurodiversity Newsletter October is both AAC Awareness Month and ADHD Awareness Month, designed to dispel myths and spread understanding. Augmentative and alternative…
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Mycelial Mind Podcast Live: David & Adele Talk Wearable Burnout Technology
David Grray-Hammond & Adele Murray will be speaking to Dilpreet Buxi about his companies work to develop technology that could predict burnout and measure stress levels in Autistic and Neurodivergent…
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Under the Word
Field Guide No. 22 — Field Guides eighteen borrowed and invented words for Autistic joy, and what is actually holding each one up
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Nobody Knows Where the Dog Came From
Zine No. 98 — How We Got Here On the first animal we ever domesticated, a skull that was a dog and then a wolf, two camps who stopped speaking, and a truce that produced a better answer than anyone…
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Set a Time
My friend asked me if I could talk. Of course I can! I gave her a window, asked her to set a time, and braced myself. Photo by Bruno Figueiredo on Unsplash I know asking for a set time is risky.…
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Psychic Static: The Sociocontextual Surplus of PDA
*I find that AuDHD/autistic people as a whole tend to fall on different sides of a bell curve. The same is likely true of PDAers but we do not have enough research on differential traits amongst…
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Three Essential Resources I Regularly Share with Clients
If I were to include every resource I signpost to in my work as a counsellor it would be a very extensive list. Nothing works for everyone, even if the topic covered feels highly relevant. But the…
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Little Fluffy Clouds: An Invitation To Play
Multisensory Play Ideas: Little Fluffy Clouds Sensory Session
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What's Context Got To Do With It?: What cultural expectations around communicatory context means when expressions of love and care are culturally bound
Most people think communication problems are about personality. One person is “too sensitive.” Another is “too blunt.” One “expects mind reading.” The other “doesn’t pay attention.” Breaking The…
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Penguin Pebbling: Theory, Practice and the Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions — A Guide for Practitioners
Penguin Pebbling is a low-demand, neurodiversity-affirming card game built around the Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions — five relational modes natural to many Autistic and neurodivergent people:…
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Penguin Pebbling: A Game of Creating Belonging, Building Connection and Understanding Autistic Identity
Penguin Pebbling: A Game of Creating Belonging, Building Connection and Understanding Autistic Identity
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Spotlight on Autistic Advocacy & the Limits of “Lived Experience” with Anne Borden King
Anne Borden King is an autistic woman who co-founded Autistics for Autistics (A4A), the Canadian self-advocacy & education group. With her leadership, A4A helped open public funding for AAC, speech…
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What Does Autism Feel Like?
What does autism feel like? It sounds like a simple question. It isn’t. In this episode of Autistic Identity with NeuroHub, David sits with a puzzle that has followed him for years: whether autism…