Connect with Autism

03/20/2025

If you struggle with understanding why your loved one acts the way they do, read on.

03/19/2025

03/17/2025

03/13/2025

This is possible.
Learning happens.
We can help.

03/13/2025

Ask: Book recommendations by neurodivergent authors.

Starting a lending library.
Pls share below!

03/11/2025

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📋 Formal autism diagnoses are often based on tools that were created without Autistic input and focus on a deficits-based, outdated and pathologised understanding of autism.

In our recent Position Statement on Diagnosis, Reframing Autism challenges how effective and accurate these tools are.

We’re calling for research into new, standardised diagnostic tools that are co-designed with the Autistic community — so they reflect Autistic strengths, are neuro-affirming, and recognise the diverse ways Autistic people think, communicate, and function.

🔗 Read our Position Statement on Diagnosis here: https://reframingautism.org.au/position-statement-on-diagnosis/

❓ who have been formally assessed, based on your experience, how could the process have been made more neuro-affirming?



[ID: Against a teal background with the Reframing Autism knotwork in the bottom left, white text reads: "Reframing Autism questions the efficacy and accuracy of diagnostic tools which were developed without Autistic guidance or input, and which rely on deficits-based, pathologised and outdated understandings of Autism. We thus call for research into standardised diagnostic tools, which are genuinely co-produced with the Autistic community, so that diagnostic tools and the diagnostic process are strength-based and neuro-affirming, and are attuned to the many variations of Autistic processing, communicating and functioning." The Reframing Autism logo is centred below the quote.]

03/11/2025

Double Empathy Problem is in effect here.

I wrote this just under a month before I started ANW. I definitely had a lot of things to say back then and I'm glad I ended up saying them.

But honestly, this is what happens when you pathologise difference.

03/11/2025

If you know and love an autistic or neurodivergent person and want to make the world better for them, sign up for our ConnectClubs.

DM or Email [email protected] for more info!

03/11/2025

At Connect With Autism, we believe that masking is an undue burden on the person. It contributes to stress, anxiety, depression, and worse health outcomes throughout the lifespan.

You will never be asked to stifle your autistic traits or things you do to cope with the world.

You will be provided social-emotional-sensory supports that are self-affirming.

You will be welcome to express yourself in your own unique style.

Your participating community will be educated in supporting and understanding you.

You will be seen and valued for who you are.

03/10/2025

About reward systems...

03/10/2025

Great information to keep in mind when interacting with neurodivergent/autistic people.

03/09/2025

More details....

Connect With Autism will soon be bringing ON-LOCATION services to Rio Rancho! Soon after March 15th, we will be ready for services and located at 1534 Stephanie Rd. #109, sharing space with Shorei Goju Karate Academy. Th...

03/09/2025

Connect With Autism is a place where community counts. Here, community is a HUGE KEY to the treatment model, making this world better for the disabled individuals that we serve in Speech-Language Therapy. If you are a parent, friend, or community member in general, come with an open mind, a willing heart, and helping hands. You'll find a different philosophy here, but hopefully you will see the value in it.

Come for speech therapy, but also join in a group. Our ConnectClubs provide recreation or education in a relaxed atmosphere for children or adults, doing something we all enjoy, while also learning how to interact and connect as a mixed group.

Join a CrashCourse if you have a new diagnosis. Learn not only from the facilitator, but also from those who have have lived in your shoes for longer. Leave feeling more knowledgeable and sure about your next steps.

Commit to a CommunicationCircle, where we will learn improved ways of communicating with others who are so different from us, and yet the same. Methods used include those from Nonviolent Communication (NVC), in hearing and expressing empathy and compassion. These methods are meant to be taken into a person's family and everyday community to foster better relationships all-around.

Disability is a normal part of the human experience... isolation is not.

It's time to meet each other in the middle.
Let's get to work CONNECTING!

http://connectwithautism.com

03/09/2025

Be that teacher who sees the light wanting to get out.

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03/08/2025

You will see a difference in practices that promote Interoceptive learning and wellness.
Trauma-informed practices provide for psychological safety of the client, which then forms the setting for internal motivation, more true learning, and longer-term gains in self-affect.

❤️ this from Kelly Mahler

Massive lens shift here! And desperately needed!