Autism Understood- brilliant website for autistic young people

this teaching wiki talks about Autism and Communication for kids. the definition of autism and the main symptoms of it. in addition to autism and its relation with Executive Function, anger, learning, and eating.
May it adds more to the readers
www.twinkl.com.sa/.../autism

You are very welcome! I am glad this website has helped you. 

Has your son looked at it? After all, the website was primarily designed for young autistic people.

Thanks for this Although I was looking for my son it helped me understand more about why things can be exhausting compared to NTs.

You are very welcome! You are part an Ausomely Autistic community, so you are definitely not alone!

Thankyou. I am also starting to see that I am not alone in this world. It means a lot

You are very welcome! Congratulations on unmasking!

 I am so glad that this website has helped you understand your autistic profile, that is why it exists. Knowledge is power !

I know it takes time but I hope at some point you will be proud of your autistic identity and that your partner will soon understand that there are many benefits to thinking differently.

Take time to process your autistic identification, after all the autistic discovery journey is not linear.

This video below may resonate with you:

Common reactions to autistic discovery:

https://www.youtube.com/live/oo34mppLMqE?feature=share

If you want to share experiences or need advice from your neurokin about the autistic discovery journey, we are here for you!

Thankyou so much for introducing this website. I have just spent the best part of my afternoon/evening reading this and learning much more about myself, and my autism, than I had known previously. I hope that this will, also, explain more to my partner and assist in a different way of thinking about my autism for her....as opposed to it being seen as a negative and something that I need to change to fit in! .....ps I am a self-diagnosed autistic adult, finally starting to unmask at 52yrs old!!!!

You are very welcome! Thanks for sharing more resources.

Thanks a lot for these useful website. you are really helpful.
and as I get benefit from them I want to share with you a very helpful blog I have just read about understanding autism.. May it helps parents like what happened with me
www.twinkl.ae/.../understanding-autism

If you want to find out more about autistic experience, you can click on the Autistic Differences section:

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/autistic-differences/

You could always give feedback about your opinions on the website so that it can be improved.

Maybe you didn’t learn anything from the ‘what is autism?’ section because you are autistic and already know lots about what being autistic means for you.

Hopefully you will be able to find some useful information about making friends, the website is mainly targeted at young people and therefore some information may not be relevant/useful for you. 

What are your dedicated interests? Maybe you could start making friends with other autistic people who have the same interests as you.

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I also like the clear explanation about the differences between rational and irrational anxiety.

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/co-occurring-conditions/anxiety/

When the anxiety is due to sensory overload it is rational. It is not helpful to tell an autistic person to 'get used to it' or subject the person to sensory torture in the name of exposure therapy. It does not help and can make the anxiety much worse, sadly so many people do not understand that.

So do I, because like you say a lot of people do not understand the difference.  

When we have anxiety because of potential overload we are trying to protect ourselves from harm, people may not understand this because they don’t experience the sensory world as we do and therefore don’t know that this anxiety helps us set boundaries or avoid an overwhelming situation entirely.

When we are repeatedly forced into situations that are overwhelming in the name of exposure therapy, we can experience sensory trauma because it does not suit our autistic nervous systems.

The concept of sensory trauma is perfectly explained by Emma Reardon in the links below:

Sensory Trauma research paper:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351918786_Sensory_Trauma_-_autism_sensory_difference_and_the_daily_experience_of_fear

Sensory Trauma video:

https://www.youtube.com/live/l_uoRDCUF80?feature=share

You are very welcome! I am glad the website is helpful for you.

Hello. You are very welcome! I agree this website is for absolutely anyone who is interested in learning about our autistic experience and culture.

I'm not young and I think it's great  I especially like the 'panic monkey' and 'dino brain' explanation of meltdowns and shutdowns.‘

So do I. It’s great. This explanation of stress responses is originally from another brilliant website called Autistic Village:

https://autistic-village.com/

I will respond in more detail soon.

I'm not impressed myself. Clicking on 'What actually is autism' told me nothing about what autism is, and the social stuff had virtually no useful advice about how to make friends.

Thank you for sharing this i find it really useful.

Thanks for posting. I agree this is an absolutely brilliant website.

I know their home page states 'for autistic young people' but I think they are selling themselves short. It is suitable for anyone of any age who wants a clear and easily understood explanation of various aspects of autism.

I'm not young and I think it's great  I especially like the 'panic monkey' and 'dino brain' explanation of meltdowns and shutdowns.

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/struggling-as-an-autistic-person/introduction-to-the-limbic-system-panic-monkey-and-dino-brain/

I also like the clear explanation about the differences between rational and irrational anxiety.

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/co-occurring-conditions/anxiety/

When the anxiety is due to sensory overload it is rational. It is not helpful to tell an autistic person to 'get used to it' or subject the person to sensory torture in the name of exposure therapy. It does not help and can make the anxiety much worse, sadly so many people do not understand that.

The website is going to a be a good place to signpost those who are considering they may be autistic or newly diagnosed and overwhelmed by the volume of information out there.

I think it would also be very useful to share with non autistic people, so that they can hopefully understand more about what autism is and how it affects us.

I know, it is a brilliant website! You are very welcome.

love that sites like this exist, another great resource for us and future generations of autistic people.

Exactly! The website was only launched at the start of this month.

What a fantastic website. Thanks for letting us know about it. I love that sites like this exist, another great resource for us and future generations of autistic people.