It was great to launch Here Together (our new Train the Trainer programme at @ausometraining.bsky.social) this week. We had wonderful professionals based in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Dubai and Australia join our first cohort. Very excited for this course to make a global impact in schools. ☺️

Very grateful to be nominated for this years National Diversity Awards in the Positive Role Model for Disability category. If you would like to vote for me I’ll leave the link below. 😊

My next Train the Trainer cohort of Cothú starts on the 3rd February. This is a beautiful course for anyone who supports parents of Autistic children. Further information in the video. 😊 @ausometraining.bsky.social youtu.be/_kA4mVF4PPA?...

Looking forward to joining Neurokindred's FREE community Event with @laurahellfeld.bsky.social & @autisticallyscott.bsky.social through my work with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social Monday 6th Oct Creating safe spaces for Autistic people Tickets: neurokindred.com/creating-saf...

Looking forward to myself and @laurahellfeld.bsky.social having this interview in October with @autangel.bsky.social on ‘Creating a Safe Autistic Space’. Further information below on how to join. 😊

Last week I delivered a session to teachers who are involved with North Lanarkshire Council’s Active Schools programme. Thank you to Active Schools for inviting me back for the 3rd year in a row! 😊

Thank you to @jadefarrington.bsky.social for asking me to contribute to their spotlight series with an article on creating safe spaces for Autistic and otherwise Neurodivergent people. 🙂 You can read this on Jade’s Substack.

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This wonderful eBook was created to support Palestine. This can be accessed via providing donations to charities that are supporting the people of Gaza. An audio version of the eBook is also available. Further details below on how to donate.

Please consider signing this petition. The legal rights of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are under threat in England. Read about it: www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Below is some feedback that I have received from my training sessions this year. I’m very privileged to work with a variety of organisations and I’m excited for what’s coming up in the second half of the year. :)

Here are some messages GROVE gathered from Autistic adults to Autistic young people - please do share them with anyone who may benefit from hearing that they can be proud of who they are. Happy Autistic Pride Day!

Autistic Pride Day 2025 🌟 We don’t need fixing. We need listening. We need space. We need respect. We need to live as we are. This #AutisticPrideDay, we honour every racialised Autistic person who’s been silenced, underestimated, or pathologised.

Wonderful first session of the BEING ME groups with GROVE on Saturday. We hope that this has helped the young people to begin exploring their own subjective Autistic experience! 😊 Also myself and Jess unexpectedly matched with our T-shirt colours for the session! @gr0ve.bsky.social

We’re thrilled about the boost that ‘Creating Safe Spaces’ has had recently. This has been our highest month of sales since September! For anyone who hasn’t done so yet, leaving a review would greatly help the book’s reach. We so appreciate everyone who has gotten a copy and read the book. :)

I’m looking forward to delivering another cohort of Cothú beginning on the 8th July. More information in the video for anyone who is interested in offering this course to families. :) @ausometraining.bsky.social youtu.be/Qumu5hg7nwE?...

I was invited onto the latest episode of the SEND, Loud and Proud podcast. Thank you to Adam for having me on! :)

Earlier this week I delivered an online session on Autistic experiences of trauma to the parents/carers at the Dixon Community. We discussed the importance of any support or approach being led by the Autistic person and for it to focus on changing the environment rather than promoting compliance.

What an amazing experience last week at the Minding Autistic Minds conference. It was great to present 4 workshops over the 2 days and spend time with so many wonderful people. Such a welcoming, emotional and healing neuro-affirming space to be in. Very privileged to have been a part of it! :)

Day 1 of the Minding Autistic Minds conference. Very grateful to be here!

It’s such a privilege to be presenting at the Minding Autistic Minds conference this week. Only 3 days to go! Tickets are still available to join in-person or online.

Happy to share that ‘Gabby’s Glimmers’ is now available in Ireland via Outside the Box. They will also be selling copies at the AUsome Training conference this Friday and Saturday.

Petition: Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It has been a year since myself and @laurahellfeld.bsky.social published Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People. To celebrate that, we are putting the book on sale through the next month. Huge thank you to everyone who has supported the book and found it useful!

Situational Mutism: A Compassionate Approach New blog is up! Made with @autisticallyscott.bsky.social "It’s not that they won’t speak, it's that they can't speak." The blog explores why this might happen and importantly, what can help. open.substack.com/pub/laurahel... #neurodiversity #audhd

New video of me and Evaleen chatting about the Minding Autistic Minds conference (happening next week!) and the importance of Autistic spaces. There’s still time to book tickets to join online or in-person. youtu.be/N1ttJ3Tptps?...

I am delighted to share that I have received a Postgraduate Certificate in Autism from Sheffield Hallam University. It was a wonderful experience to have the brilliant Dr Luke Beardon as my supervisor throughout this fantastic course! :)

Very excited (and slightly terrified) to be presenting at the Minding Autistic Minds conference in Ireland next month. I’ll be delivering workshops on creating safe spaces for children and adults over the 2 days.

Fun day yesterday in Edinburgh catching up with the brazilliant Evaleen. :)

Yesterday I was invited to Kirknewton primary school to deliver assemblies as part of neurodiversity celebration week. Big thank you to the young people for their great questions and input throughout the afternoon!

Below are some graphics created with @laurahellfeld.bsky.social and @ndjourneys.bsky.social on learning styles. We hope that people find these useful!

Great to be back at Indigo Childcare in Garrowhill last night for a session with their staff and families. Over the next few weeks I’ll be delivering sessions at their nursery in Castlemilk. Thank you to Indigo for inviting me again. :)

Today was an eventful one! I started the morning with a training session on creating safety for Autistic pupils with the teaching staff at Pirie Park primary school. Then an afternoon session with the early years staff at Monkey Puzzle nursery in Glasgow central. :) #ActuallyAutistic

Yesterday I delivered an in-service day training session to a great team of teachers at Kirknewton Primary in West Lothian. We discussed various topics such as Autistic communication, sensory needs, monotropism and masking. Thank you to the school for inviting me. 🙂

I finished a Train the Trainer cohort of Cothú yesterday. Now 5 more professionals will go on to deliver this fantastic course to parents of Autistic children. For anyone interested in becoming a Cothú trainer, go to AUsome Training

Some lovely feedback for GROVE recently. I’m thrilled to be a part of this neuro-affirming organisation that provides mentoring to Autistic young people! #ItsAutisticTime

Gabby’s Glimmers: An affirming story of an Autistic child and their favourite food is now available as an eBook on Amazon! Further details at the link below.

Myself and Hayley of Autism with a pinch of SaLT delivered an online session last night on PDA to parents and carers from The Dixon Community. Thank you for having us! :)

Great day yesterday delivering Cothú to a cohort of professionals. We looked at some common myths as well as what it feels like to be Autistic. For more information on the Cothú course, check out AUsome Training.

Looking forward to this webinar tonight! Details on how to sign up via the link in the comments. The recording will be available if you cannot attend live. :) ✨ Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People ✨ 🗓️ Wednesday 22nd January 7-9pm Irish Standard Time 🚩 Zoom Webinar

Last night I delivered a session on Autistic experience at the Blue Kangaroo nursery in Glasgow. Thank you to the staff for having me! :)

This is some feedback that I received from a session earlier this week with Smart Cookies, an after-school club based in Edinburgh. If you are interested in bespoke training sessions for your organisation, feel free to contact me.

I’ll be delivering AUsome Training‘s Cothú Train the Trainer course at the end of this month. This is a fantastic course aimed at parents of Autistic children. For any professionals interested in delivering this to families that they support, further details can be found below.

Next week myself and @laurahellfeld.bsky.social will be delivering a webinar for AUsome Training based on our book ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’. Further details can be found below.

Autistic needs are not ‘special needs’, they are human needs.

Resharing our Pack of Neuro-affirming Neurodivergent Practitioners who are on here & in our Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory, A directory of Neurodivergent, neuro-affirmative practitioners hosted by Autistic-led nonprofit, Thriving Autistic neurodivergentpractitioners.org go.bsky.app/43B2ikh

Reposting these graphics that were created with @ndjourneys.bsky.social and @laurahellfeld.bsky.social on the 7 types of rest, featuring various examples of what these can involve.

Great to receive my copy of the Autistic Revolution summer issue. It looks wonderful!!

Looking for some last minute Christmas gifts? Check out these neuro-affirming books: Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People Gabby’s Glimmers (a story about an Autistic child and their favourite food)

A brief interview taken during the AUsome Training conference earlier this year. Excited to be going back to Ireland for next years conference. 🙂 youtu.be/Hp4yLZOSI-g?...