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Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person

A Parent’s Handbook to Supporting Newly Diagnosed Teens and Pre-Teens

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Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person

By: Cathy Wassell, Eliza Fricker - illustrator, Emily Burke - foreword
Narrated by: Cathy Wassell
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 As the parent of a child recognised as autistic as a pre-teen or teen, it can often feel difficult to find the answers you need. Children who make it to late primary/early secondary age before being picked up by the system tend to present with traits that are harder to spot, meaning it can be harder to engage professionals in the diagnostic process and gather the necessary support.

Cathy Wassell, CEO of Autistic Girls Network, has tailored this handbook to support parents with older children or teenagers who are at the identification stage, walking them through the basics in an engaging and accessible manner. She addresses key challenges for this age group, including co-occurring conditions, puberty, and safeguarding, as well as looking to the future, advising on schooling options, and beyond.

Designed to help parents become fully informed and ensure a nurturing and positive environment for our autistic young people, this is a guide with a focus on difference - not deficit.©2022 Cathy Wassell, Eliza Fricker, Emily Burke (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Children's Health Mental Health Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships School-Age Children
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Book could have been summed up in a paragraph. Nothing practical or meaningful in here and I don't agree with the notion to let your autistic person be themselves and not mask, as that is setting them up for fiskure in a wild full of human beings that mask everyday. Every neurotypical person masks. We were a corporate mask when we go to work we wear a trouble maker mask when we hang out with that friend, we wear a soft warm mask when we hang our with grandma. In management, we clal them hats. They allow us to tailor the parts of our personality to function and thrive in different environments.

A better message would be to teach autistic people that it is OK to mask because everyone does that doesn't mean your hiding who you are. I means you are emphasising, or playing down parts of your personality to the situation and environment your in because certain environments require certain etiquettes to thrive in, and that is the same for neurotypical people. If autistic people don't leant to master the art of masking like neurotypical people do, then they will be closed off to a large proportion of society which will condemn them to their safe caves of isolation worj their headphones on and blankets pulled up. They can be apart of the world like everyone. But there is a time and place for certain behaviour and learning what and when that is is a part of being in that society. It doesn't mean you are lying about who you are to fit in. It simply means you are adjusting yourself to the situation and environment your in.

Boring and waste of time.

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