Are burnt out autistic young people filling up our psychiatric units?
This is not easy to write. It’s painful, as I understand the suffering caused when autistic people are mistreated and unnecessarily...
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Viv Dawes
Aug 313 min read
The problem with resilience
According to the Oxford dictionary resilience means: 1. The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. 2....
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Viv Dawes
Aug 315 min read
Why CBT is often not helpful for an autistic person
Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck were the two main therapists responsible for what we call cognitive behavioural therapy. It was mainly Beck...
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Viv Dawes
Aug 313 min read
The foundation of ABA is unspeakable
You might just think I am bonkers for what I am about to say and dismiss it. However, many of us in the autistic community know what it...
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