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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Why sports day can be so challenging for autistic and neurodivergent children and young people. - a thread.
Disclaimer - of course this won’t be true for all autistic or ND children. Some will thrive on days like this and excel in sport, away from the classroom and academic work. But there are a large proportion for whom this is a challenge.
Autistic pride is a journey, and is certainly not linear, nor a final destination. I see it as encompassing a range of things.
📸 - Emma Fletcher photography.
For me, autistic pride is about…
🔹 Embracing your autistic identity (or at least, feeling okay with it)
🔹 Gaining a new understanding of who you are and how your brain works
🔹 Learning that everyone’s brains are different and that is wonderful
🔹 Rewriting your own past and the narrative you have been told about yourself
🔹 Shouting to the world about what autism actually is and what it isn’t
🔹 Meeting and forming friendships with other autistic people and learning from each other
It’s autistic pride day, so I wanted to share this that I wrote for @thinkingautism over two years ago. It’s still one of my favourite things I’ve written.
We all know the phrase ‘deficits in social communication’ which forms the first part of the autism diagnostic criteria (which I think is a horrible phrase). I prefer to think of these as differences, BUT these do create challenges and social stuff can be very confusing.