Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+

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The difference acceptance can make is show in Craig Goodall’s research “ ‘I felt closed in and like I couldn’t breathe’: A qualitative study exploring the mainstream educational experiences of autistic young people” and “ Inclusion is a feeling, not a place: a qualitative study exploring autistic young people’s conceptualisations of inclusion” and Rebecca Wood’s “ Autism, intense interests and support in school: from wasted efforts to shared understandings.“

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So, if you are Autistic, the whole concept that everything about you is wrong is being drilled into you pretty much from the moment you are born, hence Masking. The Ogden Trust – We’re a charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics. Identity can be defined as the way a person understands and views him or herself, and is often viewed by others (Holland 2001). Identity status theory (Marcia 1980; Kroger et al. 2010a, b) purports that one’s sense of identity is determined by the choices and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits. Marcia ( 1980) suggested that a well-developed identity comprises of a sense of one’s strengths, weaknesses, and individual uniqueness. Marcia ( 1980) proposed two processes of identity development: exploration and commitment. Exploration refers to a period of thinking through and testing various roles, while commitment refers to the degree of personal investment the individual expresses in a course of action or belief (Kroger and Marcia 2011). Language created by the same people you have to fight against to get the diagnosis in the first place.

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The aim of the current study was to explore relationships between identity and mental health in autistic adolescents. No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that there would be a relationship between personal identity and mental health in autistic adolescents, using the Twenty Statements Task. Second, it was hypothesised that there would be differences between acculturation groups (marginalised, bicultural, assimilated and separated) on mental health scores, however this hypothesis was also not met. Finally, we predicted a relationship between acculturation type and positive or negative view of the self. There was a difference between groups on the proportion of positive, but not negative, statements produced about the self, with the marginalised group tending to generate fewer positive statements about themselves than the assimilated group. Specifically, aligning oneself only to non-autistic culture related to more positive statements about the self, than aligning to neither culture. These results should be treated with caution but suggest that aligning oneself more to one cultural group and committing to it, rather than aligning to neither group, may have benefits for positive self-concepts. This chain of power shows how all the people (the lions) that need the power, the support, the education and the understanding, hold the least power.

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This informative and engaging guidebook provides key adults – parents, school staff and therapists – with the tools needed to support children and young people as they develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity. From a Western cultural point of view, anything other than white and straight is still largely seen as ‘abnormal’. The internal voice that we adopt from the world as children and onwards through to adulthood and beyond tells us that a part of us is broken. Davidson J. Autistic culture online: virtual communication and cultural expression on the spectrum. Social & Cultural Geography. 2008; 9(7):791–806. [ Google Scholar] In another way you could look at it as schooling (not shoaling, there is a difference). Fish who pull together in the habitual, sub-conscious knowledge that if they come close and tight, then only a few of them might be snatched from the edges and the majority will be safe.The charity ran a home in which residents were forced to eat chillies, repeatedly thrown into a swimming pool and forced to crawl around on all fours, a review has found. Autism, Identity and Me not only reflects Rebecca’s ethos, it is a structured, easy to follow, informative and invaluable text which covers all areas of autism from what it actually is through to every element of the day to day life of an autistic child. I will be using this book in my own practice." – Andrew Whitehouse, SEND Consultant, Andrew Whitehouse Ltd All of that is the ‘medicalised’ view of Autism using and driving research to reinforce Autism as a medical thing. To keep control of it. Feeling different can be an upsetting, frustrating and terrifying experience, especially as a child. Rebecca's book is a great resource to help young people and the adults supporting them to navigate an autism diagnosis." – Dr Jenna Kenyani , Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Adviser, University of Liverpool

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Corrigan PW, Kerr A, Knudsen L. The stigma of mental illness: Explanatory models and methods for change. Applied and Preventive Psychology. 2005; 11(3):179–190. [ Google Scholar] When Autistic people are being electrocuted to change their behaviour, because Autistic behaviour is not suitable, all in the name of a behavioural therapy which is becoming more and more common in the UK. Well, as a model we have various levels of vaguely acceptable diversity in our human herd, so how is it there? Abdelal R, Herrera YM, Johnston AI, McDermott R, editors. Measuring identity: A guide for social scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2009. [ Google Scholar] It is important to consider how autistic people incorporate the fact they are autistic into their social identity. Culture can be defined as a system of meanings through which people organise and make sense of their lives. There has been recent development of the idea that autistic people are building a culture around the ways of speaking, thinking, and acting that come naturally to autistic people (Davidson 2008a, b; Dekker 1999). These different modalities of expression provide important clues to systems of meaning on which inferences regarding autistic culture can be made. Autistic culture parallels the emergence of deaf culture (Halpern 1996), with both being supportive communities focused on the distinctive issues and experiences related to being autistic or deaf (Gobbo & Shmulsky 2016).Parents groups which do their best with the limited knowledge they have, but reinforce the language, the ‘all-knowing’ information of experts, over and over and over. Berry JW, Sabatier C. Variations in the assessment of acculturation attitudes: Their relationships with mental health. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 2011; 35(5):658–669. [ Google Scholar] He also really doesn’t seem to understand that despite the DVLA not understanding Autism, so they discriminate against all Autistic people; that the answer to that discrimination is not to make life easier for the DVLA by Autistic people not embracing their differences. The narrative of Autism is written by the hunters. The academics, the researchers, the charities, everyone but the lions (For those who have lost me, the Autistic people are the lions). When Autistic children are force-fed toast and teachers are given a six month suspension because of it.