Neurodiversity Consultant
I feel a long blog brewing ... ‘A Guide for Schools on working with Autistic Adults’... diagnosed and those who identify as Autistic ...the do’s and dont’s ... Tip One ... always remember the Autistic super powers of seeing and making sense of patterns ... this also applies to patterns of behaviour ... yes (insert …
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Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of being the guest speaker at at Q&A session held by the staff of the Margaret River Independent School. My mind has been in overdrive all night, revisiting all the questions and thinking about all the other information I could have shared with limitless time! I was so aware …
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https://www.abc.net.au/austory/hells-angel/10545386 Ann O’Neil has been a great support to me over the past months. When Ann was asked by Australian Story to do a follow up story on her, focusing on her work in trauma recovery and her organisation ‘Angel Hands’, the problem arose for Ann that she can’t talk about her ‘work’. Confidentiality means …
http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/I understand the reasons for having 'special days'. Thankfully, for most there are few that touch you personally. For me, this day adds salt to fresh wounds, wounds that will be with me for a lifetime. Wounds that tear your heart apart and have the power to bring you to your knees, to make you …
The 1st of November ... I can already feel the anxiety building. To say it has been a tough (nearly) 6 months is an understatement. The contrast to the heartbreak has been the beautiful people I have become close to, people who have held my space for me when it was hard to breathe through …
Some days working in the world of advocacy is just ...well ‘blah’. I’m angry, sad, disappointed, tired. Tired of hearing the same story from families who have been welcomed into private schools, assured their children will have their needs met only to find that this is not the case. Being told, ‘we don’t have what …
My village is small. The people in my village support me when my Autistic mind needs coaching. They know me well and will advocate for me when I can’t. They also ensure that I am the center of my Village, working together. Likewise, our children have their village. Their Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Psychologist and the …
It has taken me several months to return to writing. It has been a conscious decision to respect the journey the beast called grief has taken me on. I am forever changed. I was changed for knowing them and I will be forever changed through losing them. Today I felt the desire to write …
I am forty six years old and I have a 'new' diagnosis. I am Autistic. I don't 'have' Autism like you have a cold or have the flu. Autism is not an add on. It's not something that suddenly happened to me. It's part of who I am. As much as I identify as a …
My ‘light bulb moment’ happened last year. I was going through all the goals on my girls IEP’s and really broke them down to one common goal ... surviving ... the school system, the school day, social expectations. Taking time out to homeschool and really observe their learning, it was immediately obvious that the only …
Jonelle Fraser 