#Katy Elphinstone
@KatyElphinstone
Thinking about childhood from an autistic perspective | Mother to two wonderful humans | #ActuallyAutistic, #AutismAcceptance, #BPSdouble_empathy
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http://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/ 08-06-2017 14:19:45
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Are you #Autistic #ADHD & interested in the #NeurodiversityAffirming theory of #monotropism that reflects some of the inner experiences of being #neurodivergent ?
Blog summarising the #MonotropismQuestionnaire with a link to find out your own score:
autisticrealms.com/post/monotropi…
Enjoy!
Oh my god!! #Parentblame apportioned again. Why don’t you look at why children don’t want to/ can’t attend, as opposed to taking the easy way out and blaming parents! 🤬🤬🤬🤦♀️
Parents working from home blamed as school truancy a fifth higher on Fridays independent.co.uk/news/education…
#Katy Elphinstone sometimes? i like a lot of the latest kate’s ones. but a lot of inspirational things are meant to be inspiring but they’re toxic or just wrong, and those ones enrage me
#Katy Elphinstone You’ve only got to read #safeguarding advice to professionals which states that an #autistic mother is a “red flag”. The assumption is that you are guilty until proven innocent.
#Katy Elphinstone #Katy Elphinstone , Nick Walker / Bluesky: @dr-nicky.bsky.social and David Gray-Hammond discussed this on Monday. Here is my write up with links to the webinar on YouTube
medium.com/@helenrealms/n…
You Might Be Autistic That being different is not a moral failing and that if I be myself, there will be people who appreciate that. Some people won't, but that's ok. My people are out there and I can find them. Also that it's ok to walk away. If something is making me miserable I can always walk away
You Might Be Autistic I would tell my younger self that who he is and the way his brain works is great and he is beautiful. And that just because literally no one else in his life can see that does not mean it is not true.
You Might Be Autistic That you do not have to be in cultures that bully you. There are tons of alternative schools/unschooling/healthy communities where bullying is simply not acceptable.