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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.
Eliza Fricker gets it. Describing her perfectly imperfect
experience of raising a PDA child, with societal judgements and
internal pressures, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, resentful and
alone. This book's comedic illustrations explain these challenging
situations and feelings in a way that words simply cannot, will
bring some much-needed levity back into PDA parenting. Humorous
anecdotes with a compassionate tone remind parents that they are
not alone, and they're doing a great job. If children are safe,
happy, and you leave the house on time, who cares about some smelly
socks? A light-hearted and digestible guide to being a PDA parent
covering everything from tolerance levels, relationships and
meltdowns to collaboration, flexibility, and self care to dip in
and out as your schedule allows to help get to grips with this
complex condition. This book is an essential read for any parent
with a PDA child, to help better understand your child, build
support systems and carve out some essential self care time guilt
free.
Eliza Fricker gets it. Her compelling, hard-hitting and
irreverently humorous illustrations follow a family through the
early days of school avoidance, the process of accessing support
and the challenges of coping in the meantime. Can't Not Won't
illuminates the absurdity and frustrations that often arise when
dealing with health, social and educational systems, and will help
any parent in the same boat feel seen. This guide acts as a way to
communicate these difficult circumstances with others. Wonderfully
relatable, the book also includes written guidance for parents and
professionals on what works best when it comes to managing school
avoidance.
I realised EVERYTHING I was doing was wrong. I needed to learn. I
needed to change. During Laura Kerbey's time teaching autistic
children, she had a sudden realisation that those with Pathological
Demand Avoidance (PDA) are children like no other! None of her
tried and tested autism strategies would work to help them focus or
learn and most of her time was spent wondering, what am I doing
wrong? If you feel the same, this short, easy-to-read guide is here
to teach you everything you need to know from one educator to
another. With an introduction to what PDA is followed by PDA
tailored advice on how to connect with your student and create an
autonomous, spontaneous environment that is personalised for you
both, this guide is here to ensure that you and your PDA student
thrive! Illustrated by the popular Eliza Fricker and packed with
entertaining anecdotes (including one about Jabba the Hut's poo),
this go-to-guide contains everything you need to start implementing
PDA friendly learning to help you connect with your student and
help them make the most of their learning experience.
Spoilt. Weirdo. Fussy. Hypochondriac. Chatterbox. Eliza spent her
childhood being told she was all of these until her autism
diagnosis as an adult revealed why she had experienced the world so
differently. But what does it mean to grow up knowing you are
different, misunderstood, 'difficult'? Funny, witty and tender,
Sunday Times bestselling author and illustrator Eliza Fricker, uses
her own memories of growing up in the 80s to explore how
neurodiversity presents itself in everyday life and what
neurodivergent children really need from the people who love them.
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