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Continue spreading the holiday share this week – Give the Gift of Understanding!

Role models are so important for promoting understanding, especially for children. I have found that hearing from someone with lived experience, and seeing what they have achieved can be so empowering for the kids I know. Do you think it can help you too? For more on lived experience, check out Podcast Episode 115.

Looking to do some holiday reading? Why not read books by authors with lived experience – click here for more information.

What this Podcast Contains:

Page numbers refer to the Holiday Newsletter – download it HERE (no sign up required)

✅ Sharing Diagnosis – Why, When and How to tell my Child (pages 8-9)
✅ Promoting Understanding (page 5)
✅ Using Picture Books to Educate the Whole Family (pages 6-7)
✅ Holiday Reading by Autistic Authors (pages 10-11)

Other Role Models with Lived Experience

Episode 120: Strategies & Insights to Inform your Teaching Practice with Temple Grandin and Sue Larkey

Episode 75: Dean Beadle Discusses Autistic Identity and What It Means for Him

More Resources

I CAN Network: click here for their facebook page

Yellow Ladybugs: click here for their facebook page

Person-first language OR Identity-first language?

There is considerable debate around “person-first” language versus “identity-first” language. What this means is should we say “Autistic Person” OR “Person With Autism”.

There is no universally accepted preference, so personally I am always guided by the person as to what their preference is. Just ask! However, when in blogs, facebook and podcasts, I try to use a combination to address the range of preferences in my audience.

But if you are wondering, the majority of facebook pages I follow advocate for person-first language i.e. person with autism.

Books by Authors with Lived Experience