Window of Tolerance
Everyone in the world becomes angry, worried, or stressed at some point and when this happens, we can struggle to control our senses, emotions and
Autism Understood
7 July 2023
Health and Wellbeing
Managing your brain’s energy
Research shows that autistic people’s brains tend to have higher processing power than non-autistic brains, but this may not always show as we often have
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7 July 2023
Autism in families
When my child was being assessed for an autism diagnosis one of the doctors asked if we had any ‘family history of autism’. I realised
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7 July 2023
Autism and Sleep
The magic formula for sleep is high levels of melatonin and low levels of stress. When it gets dark, our brains produce melatonin. This then
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7 July 2023
Periods and PMDD
You’ve probably heard of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), but have you ever heard of PMDD? (If you haven’t heard of PMS we recommend reading this book)
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7 July 2023
5 Top Tips for Autistic Happiness
Although being autistic can come with some additional challenges, this does not mean you can’t be happy! As with any emotion, happiness is something that
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7 July 2023
How to lean into your strengths
Maybe you are really good at making stories and universes in your head, or maybe you really like and are good with numbers or facts.
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7 July 2023
What is wellbeing?
Wellbeing is simply about ‘being well’. We will all have a different idea about what being well looks like for us. Our idea about being
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7 July 2023