Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian’s Guide to Autism Hardcover – 18 July 2024 by Pierre Novellie Having had the pleasure of attending the Axia PDSG when Pierre was guest speaker, I had looked forward to reading his…
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Paws For Assistance – Review
Paws For Assistance by Lynne Jones ISBN-13: 979-8878420365 I was delighted to be asked to review this book and then the enormity of the task hit me. How on Earth can I do this book and it’s author, justice? There…
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Anti-Bullying Campaigns
Chris Holden, who is diagnosed with autism and bipolar disorder, has experienced online cyberbullying first-hand. Over the past eighteen months, Chris suffered from online trolling and vicious attacks which caused a considerable decline in his mental health. Luckily, Chris is…
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“The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy” – A Guests Perspective
This is not a book review, because Linda wrote a wonderful review which made me curious to read Steph Jones’s book; “The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy” and I want to strongly recommend it. As someone very late diagnosed (at…
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Strong Female Character – Review
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady Published by Octopus Books ISBN 978-1-914240-44-7 You may have heard the name Fern Brady, or may have come across her on several TV programmes. She’s very likeable and quick witted. Her book is for…
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Championing Your Autistic Teen at Secondary School – Book Review
Book Review of “Championing Your Autistic Teen at Secondary School: Getting the Best from Mainstream Settings” By Debby Elley and Gareth D. Morewood Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers I was delighted to receive a copy of this book in the…
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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight – Guest Review
Book Review of “FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT” By Naoki Higashida, Introduced by David Mitchell Translated by David Mitchel and K A Yoshida Publisher: Sceptre; Unabridged edition (11 July 2017) This aspirational book by Higashida provides a…
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The relationship between strength’s use and strength’s knowledge – Research
Hi My name is Madeleine Chalker and I would like to invite you to take part in a research study as part of my BSc dissertation project in Psychology. The study involves completing an online questionnaire which will explore wellbeing…
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More Concerns Over Spectrum 10K Research
Luke has shared some links with us to other autistic people who are raising concerns over the recently announced “Spectrum 10K” research. https://autisticallysarah.com/2021/08/24/the-dangers-of-spectrum-10K/ https://www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/spectrum-10k https://www.facebook.com/100053626292600/posts/377064797424394/ https://twitter.com/AnnMemmott/status/1431168041849610240 Share This Post:
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Pure Imagination (arrangement) by Helen Marshall – Dracapalley
Thank you to Helen Marshall, for sharing one of her videos with us for inclusion in our Guest Content. Dream Guest IT Consultant Share This Post:
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June PDSG – Notes from Flo
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for having me to talk with you all last week – it was really lovely to chat with you. Thank you also for your wonderful questions (some of which I know I didn’t answer…
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Axia Digital Story Project – A Swiss Story
My life condensed in under 7 min – Axia Digital Story Project This is such a great Idea and I got inspired to work on my own. This is a lot of fun putting it together. Just finished mine.…
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Autism and the Double Empathy Problem
Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health Abstract This article proposes a link between autistic people being misperceived by the neurotypical majority and their being at risk of poor mental health and well‐being. We present…
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Mortal Shell – Game Review
Mortal Shell No doubt we’re all eagerly awaiting the release of the Demon’s Souls remake, which is being released as a launch title for the PS5 on the 19th November 2020 (12th November in America and Japan), as well as…
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Hades – Game Review
HADES This is my first ever game review please be kind – Elliot Hades is the newest game from indie game developers Supergiant Games, known for creating the critically acclaimed Bastion and Transistor. The game was first revealed at the…
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How Can I Remember All That? – Book Review
Book Review of “How Can I Remember All That?” by Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway, illustrated by David O’Connell Publishers: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Dr Tracy Packiam Alloway is an award-winning psychologist, professor, author and TEDx speaker. She navigates through over…
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Chris Packham: Aspergers and me – BBC iPlayer
This was a guest submission from Lee. It was first shown in 2017 but was rebroadcast last night and is available on the BBC iPlayer for the next 29 days. For most of his life, broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham…
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Travelling with Autism on BBC iPlayer
This article was a Guest Submission from Lee. This week’s Travel Show comes from the USA, where we follow the Ellis family and their two severely autistic twins as they take their first-ever holiday together, to a theme park designed…
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