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Understanding Gender Identity for Autistic Parents
Information and advice on understanding gender identity for autistic parents.
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Our blog is written by and for Autistic parents. If you would like to contribute to our blog as a volunteer or guest blogger please get in touch. Guidelines for guest bloggers can be found here.
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David Gray-Hammond
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Neuroqueer Parenting
by Guest: David Gray-Hammond Neuroqueering is the practice of subverting or "queering" our embodiment and expression of our neurology. It...
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Zoe Williams
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
Autistic Burnout in Parenthood
by Zoe Williams Autistic burnout is an experience that is only just beginning to gain formal recognition, despite the fact that Autistic...
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Esther Whitney
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: Juggling chronic health conditions, Autistic parenthood and University
Trying to dodge hurtling bricks by Esther Whitney (artist name: Dr Doom) I have chronic and debilitating migraines; I have suffered from...
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Zoe Williams
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
School Attendance
by Zoe Williams School attendance is a hot topic, with the government making it a top priority and schools giving out rewards for high...
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Zoe Williams
- Sep 3, 2022
- 8 min
Home Education for Autistic Parents
by Zoe Williams Here in the UK, we are fortunate to have the option to home-educate our children. You may be surprised to learn that...
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Becks Harper
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Musings on the Family Balancing Act
By Becks Harper, Autistic, wife, mum to 3 sons, crafter of various creations, seeker of deeper understandings and sharer of my mind! I...
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Jenni McCabe
- May 22, 2022
- 4 min
Reconsidering Parenting through an Autism Lens
By Jenni McCabe Originally posted on Autistic Social Worker What is Parenting? Parenting is a privilege. You have the responsibility for...
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Esther Whitney
- Feb 5, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: The Internal Eternal Scream
By Esther Whitney (artist name: Doctor Doom) Content overview: Discussion of child removed from care, trauma and poor treatment from...
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Autistic Parents UK
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
Autistic Parenthood with DID
By Autistic Selves After we were first diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), we worked towards total integration of all of...
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Ruth Jenks
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
It's never too late to change paths
I wanted to write about how the still predominant authoritarian parenting styles of the neurotypical world don’t work for Autistic...
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Rox Nicholl
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
Autistic Parents UK stance on ABA
Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) is a “therapy”* for autism that aims to suppress autistic behaviours in children so that they can...
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