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Speaking about Autism

RoOkin

I have offered to speak about ‘Autism & the lived experience of individuals’… but I don’t really know what to say.


I’ve been told it’s going to be 45-60 mins long. 

I just feel like saying ‘Hello, I’m Autistic. Any Questions?’

Confused

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  • I'm a trainer and actually...that's not a bad approach actually. Let them throw out their questions and misconceptions one by one for you to unpick for them.

    Maybe you you have a secret question box. Introduce yourself, then pass them round the box to pop in any question they want. Then pull out the questions to answer randomly. 

    It's a gamble. Some groups will come to the heart of all that's truly important, others might not.

    Another approach might be to prepare something to present along a structure of myths about autism, or the 5 things that matter to you about living an autistic life.

    Or you could split them in to groups and ask them to consider what autism means or what problems fo they think autistic people have. Give them 10 mins on that and use their responses as a platform for discussion.

    Well done you for stepping up by theway. Please let us know how that goes.

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  • I'm a trainer and actually...that's not a bad approach actually. Let them throw out their questions and misconceptions one by one for you to unpick for them.

    Maybe you you have a secret question box. Introduce yourself, then pass them round the box to pop in any question they want. Then pull out the questions to answer randomly. 

    It's a gamble. Some groups will come to the heart of all that's truly important, others might not.

    Another approach might be to prepare something to present along a structure of myths about autism, or the 5 things that matter to you about living an autistic life.

    Or you could split them in to groups and ask them to consider what autism means or what problems fo they think autistic people have. Give them 10 mins on that and use their responses as a platform for discussion.

    Well done you for stepping up by theway. Please let us know how that goes.

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