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Autism and social templates - a thread.
What are social templates?
Autistic social templates - a mind map.
Templates help me to navigate life.
Process of autistic social templates.
Templates versus common sense.
Copying previous templates does not always go to plan.
These experiences are common for autistic people.
What may be useful for autistic people.

*social stories were created by Carol Gray in 1991. The term is a trademark originated and owned by Carol Gray.
Resource.

Reflecting on new situations can help me to process the overwhelm I’ve just experienced and makes the idea of a next time a little less daunting.

This is a PDF available to download here: https://t.co/lHgLceK3Lvauthenticallyemily.uk/blog/social-te…
This post started from this rambly thread I wrote the other day.
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Blog post version here, starting with an example of overwhelm I felt last week. Includes the mindmap, flow chart and PDF download! authenticallyemily.uk/blog/social-te…

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