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Managing Autistic Burnout Resources

Ausomely Autistic

Hello fellow autistic people. I have just found out about another autistic advocate called Viv Dawes who specialises in burnout.  I know many of us in this community struggle with this so I thought I would share some of her resources on managing burnout:

The first link is for the 'Understanding Autistic Burnout Workbook':

https://www.autisticadvocate.co.uk/product-page/understanding-autistic-burnout-workbook

The second link is 'Understanding and Preventing Autistic Burnout Booklet'

https://www.autisticadvocate.co.uk/product-page/understanding-autistic-burnout-booklet-pdf

The Autistic Burnout Support Card - (similiar to 'I am autistic' card)

https://www.autisticadvocate.co.uk/product-page/autistic-burnout-support-cards-x-20

I hope these resources help you manage your 'spoons' (energy), engage in more autistic self care and ultimately prevent or recover from burnout.

Be kind to yourself.

Parents

  • I actually just bought that book plus recently attended one of her webinars.  Excellent and groundbreaking, I thought, given that this important subject isn't really covered much, generally speaking.  

    I'd really like to see one that zooms in on the family experience though, and how to support in the case of chronic, severe burnout, especially in adults as so much of the material out there focuses on school-aged children.  I could do with some anonymised case studies too.  This book is very short, unfortunately, although I absolutely take her point about  not wanting to add to the overwhelm for anyone currently experiencing burnout.  

    I might see whether I can have a one-to-one with Viv and, in the meantime, I also follow Kieran Rose, Kristy Forbes and Dora Raymaker as they're strong on this subject too.  

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  • I actually just bought that book plus recently attended one of her webinars.  Excellent and groundbreaking, I thought, given that this important subject isn't really covered much, generally speaking.  

    I'd really like to see one that zooms in on the family experience though, and how to support in the case of chronic, severe burnout, especially in adults as so much of the material out there focuses on school-aged children.  I could do with some anonymised case studies too.  This book is very short, unfortunately, although I absolutely take her point about  not wanting to add to the overwhelm for anyone currently experiencing burnout.  

    I might see whether I can have a one-to-one with Viv and, in the meantime, I also follow Kieran Rose, Kristy Forbes and Dora Raymaker as they're strong on this subject too.  

Children
  • in reply to Jenny Butterfly

    I am glad you found the book and webinar useful. Unfortunately I don't know of any books/webinars that focus on the family experience of burnout, hopefully a one to one consultation might help you.

    Jenny Butterfly said:

    I'd really like to see one that zooms in on the family experience though, and how to support in the case of chronic, severe burnout, especially in adults as so much of the material out there focuses on school-aged children.

    I suppose the reason why the focus is usually on school children is because the mainstream school environment is one of the main causes of autistic burnout in children.