Sexuality

Issue 44

Summer 2019

Ask the Experts: On hair twirling

Maps of the Social World: Using Social Stories to Help Your Child Navigate their Way

Inside Angle: 'We Are Capable and Deserving of an Education' - Christopher Finnes is non-verbal and shares his thoughts about how those with autism in his position are often under-estimated.

Stopping Those Little Interruptions: Does your child interrupt you all the time? We look at why this happens with autistic children and what you can do to help.

Puberty: Don't wait for it to hit! Expert author and mum Kate Reynolds gives valuable advice on laying the foundations for puberty early on.

A Meeting of Minds: Getting the best out of appointments: We all have them, but are your child's appointments really working for you

Issue 31

Spring 2016

Ask the Experts: My son thinks his willy is the centre of the universe

Cause for Alarm? What to do when anxiety gets out of hand
Step by step guide to tackling fear by Jed Baker, director of the Social Skills Training Project in the USA

Homework: How to win the battle without making enemies
To understand the problem that autistic children have with homework we only need to look at the word itself. It requires a child to take a task that they are used to doing it at school and perform it in an unrelated setting. Combined with that is a deadline. Oh good. What can you do? Here's our advice...

Virtual World Becomes Autism Friendly Thanks to Dad's Minecraft Makeover: Dad Stuart Duncan, himself on the spectrum, noticed that parents of autistic Minecraft players were craving a safe haven for their kids. So he created one - Autcraft was the result.

Oops I did it again...
We all shout at our kids sometimes. But when you're wrong do you ever admit it? How mistakes can become a great learning ground for you and your child.

Blogdashina by Olga Bogdashina
The international speaker and author recalls a very personal journey coming to terms with her son's fragmented perception.