This blog is associated with the Autistic Allies group on Facebook, and is a portal to useful online content. We primarily support the principle of acceptance, which exclusively involves the use of interventions that assist an autistic individual to reach their potential best selves, rather than trying to "fix" or "cure" them. We maintain a positive outlook about autism and actively work to dispel negative myths and stereotypes.
Showing posts with label Mental Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mental Health. Show all posts
Autism and Mental Health - Strategies for Those With Dual Diagnoses
Click: Autism and Mental Health - Strategies for Those With Dual Diagnoses, Jeanette Purkis
How Autistic people experience the world is still not well understood by many mental health clinicians. As many Autistic adults – and particularly women – are undiagnosed, mental health clinicians may assume they communicate and behave like a non-Autistic person would in the same situation, leading to all manner of misunderstandings.
Why I want to be redundant and for other people to get awards
Click: Why I want to be redundant and for other people to get awards, Jeanette Purkis
I posted a statement about mental health week today. One of my social media friends commented that it would be great if my experience of being an employed home-owning person with schizophrenia was the norm and not the exception. I wholeheartedly agreed This exchange got me thinking about a few of my career considerations and things which drive my advocacy work.
10 Things ER Staffers Should Know About Autism
Click: 10 Things ER Staffers Should Know About Autism, Jeanette Purkis
I’m autistic and also have a mental illness. I’ve had to go emergency rooms in hospitals a number of times. The experience has always been traumatic and unhelpful. I’ve experienced a lot of paternalism, been treated as if I’m a naughty child and invalidated in many other ways.
In some cases, these experiences have resulted in me avoiding seeking treatment for mental and physical health complaints, which in fact did require urgent treatment.
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