Part 1 of exploring being monotropic and its implications for mental health.
Category: Aut Thoughts
Parenthood – And the Perils of ABA
Image by Effendi from Pixabay by Nanny Aut I am going to start this post with saying that I don’t believe in the narrative of ‘ABA is abuse’. It’s a catchy slogan that entirely fails to connect with the people who need to be informed about ABA the most. ABA IS harmful - that isn’t … Continue reading Parenthood – And the Perils of ABA
Of Course, This Is a Good Course (or is it?)
by Nanny Aut I often see an advert for an autism course I took. I took it out of curiosity to see whether the improved quality of research and the very active dialogue in the autistic community about what we need has filtered into mainstream. It hasn’t. It was really tough to take this course … Continue reading Of Course, This Is a Good Course (or is it?)
Finding Common Ground
by Nanny Aut This is a challenging time for the autism/autistic community - when community is needed more than ever before - we are instead seeing division - not just autistics vs. autism parents but also across the lower support / higher support divide. I recently saw a facebook post by The Autism Dad asking … Continue reading Finding Common Ground
Processing Mutism: An Introduction to and Appreciation of AAC
Discussing AAC in its broadest terms and how it can support both non-speaking and speaking autistics.
School as a Polytropic Environment: The Impact on Monotropic Minds
How the polytropic school environment can impact on monotropic thinkers and result in processing mutism.
Processing Mutism vs Freeze Stress Response (Shutdown)
Explianing the link between Processing Mutism and Shutdown
My Autistic Experience of Processing Mutism
Exploring the personal experience of processing mutism - when an overload of processing blocks speech
The Intersectionality of Being Autistic and Physically Disabled
Exploring how being physically disabled affects identification and support of being autistic
‘Autism Training’ – the harsh reality of what professionals are being taught
Image description : A broken porcelain doll's head lying discarded on straw - a quote is at the top - "One way to look at the job of helping autistic kids is to see it as a matter of constructing a person. You have the raw materials, but you have to build a person.”― Lovaas" … Continue reading ‘Autism Training’ – the harsh reality of what professionals are being taught
Autistic Village 