A few thoughts from Nanny Aut on what their best life might look like. What would your best life look like?
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Learning to play. No. Playing to learn.
Explaining autistic play and why it is important for our life-long learning
Building Super-Highways – Why Monotropism Works for Autistics
Explaining how autistics naturally build connections in the brain, and why our style of play and special interests are a good thing.
P is for Pizza – The Power of Spelling to Communicate
Spelling to Communicate gives a voice to those silenced by apraxia. How powerful this is, and the difference it makes, is shown in this video by Gregory Tino
Not Speaking is NOT Silent
Why not-speakers should not be overlooked
Expressions of Autism
A range of artworks exploring the autistic experience
Dino Brain, Large and In Charge: Overloads, Overwhelms and Meltdowns
TW: Overwhelms, meltdowns, self-harm, suicide ideation Looking at what happens in the process of overload to overwhelm to meltdown
Connecting
A short piece on connection and authenticity
Fertile Soil
A poem on parental disappointment
The Other Side of the Mirror – Explaining Autistic Emotions
Looking at the autistic emotions. How we pick up, experience and present our emotions.
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