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Reflections

Stop looking away from intersectionality

Oct 14, 2021

Kristy Forbes - Autism & Neurodiversity Support

Stop looking away from intersectionality

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(Warning: This written content includes discussion around themes of racism, transphobia, homophobia, suicidality.)

Almost every time I address the topic of...

I’ll never ‘overcome’ my PDA neurobiology.

Aug 13, 2021

I’m often asked how, as a PDAer, I am able to overcome my need for control in parenting my own children with a PDA profile of autism.

I don’t overcome it.

I’ll...

I remember every single name, every single humiliation.

Aug 13, 2021

At fifteen years old, I left school midway through Year Nine and went into the workforce.

I vehemently expressed that I would not return to school and with that, my mother said if I was not...

My university days went like this.

Aug 11, 2021

I'm not an autistic researcher.

I am not a psychologist.

I take my hat off to my neurokin who are.

I am forever grateful to those who are engaged in research and...

She is so much more.

Aug 04, 2021

I often touch on how important it is to move beyond the generic support framework for our autistic children in the classroom. This includes a timer, dot points on the board and visuals.

...

We bring our children home.

Jul 21, 2021

We bring our children home

From failed systems

That have been enabled not to care

Not to care for our children

For us; when we were the children

We educate our children

And while trying...

Where my grief came from.

Jul 14, 2021

This morning as I was barefoot walking through the garden, connecting with the earth, I felt a deep sadness come over me.

My instinct was to push the sadness away and to think of...

An invitation to lead with love.

Jun 16, 2021

Contrary to popular parenting advice, the time when our children return to the safety of our energy after being in trouble is not the time to lecture.

It is not the time to remind our...