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Ruth Jenks

Jan 23, 20213 min

Know Your Birth Rights

[Video/audio reading available soon] Having knowledge about pregnancy and birth is important for reducing anxiety and becoming your own...

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Ruth Jenks

Jan 23, 20211 min

Spoon Theory

[Video/Audio reading available soon] You don’t have to spend much time amongst neurodivergent people to come across the term ‘spoons’....

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Ruth Jenks

Jan 15, 20214 min

The First Trimester of Pregnancy

The first 12 weeks of pregnancy (counting from the first day of the last menstrual cycle) is called the first-trimester.

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Rox Nicholl

Nov 1, 20201 min

Neurodiversity

For a long time, Autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia were seen as deficits in the functioning of the brain. Normal brains are “right”...

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Rox Nicholl

Nov 1, 20202 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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Rox Nicholl

Nov 1, 20206 min

Babies – Solving the Sensory Challenges

[Video/audio reading available soon] This is not about making the sensory experience of your baby better. This is about making your...

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