Untypical: How the world isn’t built for autistic people and what we should all do about it

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One assumes that he is referring to intuition, however I can safely say that neurotypical people struggle with the lack of intuition also. Autor zwraca też uwagę na mój drugi problem - z zapisywaniem się do lekarzy, gdy od 7 rano trzeba już walczyć na infolinii, więc pozostaje tylko leczenie się poza publiczną służbą zdrowia.

It describes the physical, sometimes verbal actions that many, if not most, autistic people will utilise to help regulate their mood, rather like a safety valve that allows a release of pressure. Steve Hill is Commercial Director at Auticon, a social enterprise which trains autistic IT consultants and places them with top employers. It’s also about us as a society, as communities, coming together to make the world a more accessible and safe place for everyone.This ensures autistic staff have a controlled, safe space to work from, eliminates the strains caused by commuting and removes the need for pointless, deeply stressful small talk in the corridors.

After a late-diagnosis and lifetime of ‘masking’, Pete is the perfect interlocutor to explain how our two worlds can meet, and what we can do for the one-in-thirty autistic people in our schools, workplaces and lives. After a late diagnosis and a lifetime of ‘masking’, Pete is the perfect interlocutor to explain how our two worlds can meet, and what we can do for the many autistic people in our schools, workplaces and lives. Of the models used to describe autism, this is one of my favourites and I felt Wharmby explained it very well. The way that this book is a book about Autistic people and our issues and what to do to help us in the world written by a Autistic Author for Neurotypicals to do better was something. And this is not a neat book about how the world isn't built for autistic people and what we should do about it.

Dzielimy planetę z wieloma osobami autystycznymi, statystyki wskazują, że 1 na 25 osób jest neuroatypowa; a autyzm dotyczy każdej płci i grupy etnicznej. really good, pretty detailed introduction to what it's like to be autistic - definitely very much from the author's specific perspective but he reflects on that quite a bit and signposts to resources about more marginalised (e.

Polecam wszystkim osobom bez diagnozy spektrum autyzmu, ale jeśli jesteście osobami atypowymi, też znajdziecie w tej książce wiele wsparcia. Standardised recruitment processes aren’t geared up to get the best out of autistic people, which is why so many talented autistic adults fail to get jobs. Wharmby has this interesting knack of explaining autistic traits to a neuro-typical reader, but at the same time speaks to the souls of the neuro-diverse.After all, once you know that a student is doodling because it genuinely helps them to concentrate, why would you have a problem with their page of little drawings? I liked how Wharmby included practical tips as to how to reduce barriers for the autistic people in your life, especially in different situations (school, work, daily life etc. Czasem jedyne formy odpoczynku to odcięcie się od jakichkolwiek bodźców i kontaktów, co wygląda jakby wypadły nam baterie.

A grumpy account of the author’s personal experience as an autistic person with reference to some other people’s experiences as reported on Twitter. The result: a practical handbook for all of us to make the world a simpler place for autistic people to navigate. I was like a version of Mowgli from The Jungle Book, brought up out of my element, learning how to exist in one world with its terrible dangers while the world I truly belonged to was elsewhere, unknown to me. It's very personal to his own autistic traits, and explains that with autism being so different for every autistic person that's the only way it can be explained and discussed. Pete has taken the time to really understand his diagnosis and what makes him different from a typical person.

Aangezien de meeste onderzoeken worden gedaan door neurotypische “experts” − maar daar is er verandering in aan het komen − beschouw ik dit als een positief aspect.