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4 Conversation techniques to add to your social script
Posted: 12 months ago
Many autistic people create for themselves a 'social script' to help them know how to interact in social situations. A social script is a guide for planning what to do and say inside a social setting.
The Girl With The Curly Hair uses a social script whenever she meets up with her friends. Specifically, she uses 4 conversation techniques:
Smells (animation)
Posted: January 5, 2022
Autistic people can be hypersensitive (oversensitive) to smell. This can make usual day to day experiences very uncomfortable. Watch our awesome animation to find out more:… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read this article, along with receiving access to our exclusive animations, podcasts and special offers – please click the Subscribe toda…
The margin of acceptability
Posted: December 12, 2021
I’ve been thinking about why I like people to be specific when they are giving me a choice or asking me to do something. Let’s have a look at this video clip taken from ‘A Day at Primary School for The Girl With The Curly Hair.’ The art teacher told the class to, “draw anything from your… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read this arti…
New Primary School Course For Children
Posted: December 2, 2021
We're excited to let you know about our new online course suitable for children (aged approximately 8-11 years old).
Understanding the ‘energy debt’
Posted: November 28, 2021
Autistic people often feel very tired. One reason why an autistic person might feel tired is because they have accumulated an ‘energy debt’. When a person has an ‘energy debt’, it means that they have not had a chance to recover from the stresses and strains of daily life. Autism means that it is more… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue…
Autism and pedantic speech
Posted: November 14, 2021
It is often said that people with autism have ‘pedantic speech’. Pedantic speech refers to ‘an overly formal speaking style that is inappropriate to the conversational setting. It can be characterized by didactic patterns of prosody and very precise articulation, as well as unnecessarily complex vocabulary.’ Watch the video below:… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of ou…
10 ways for autistic people to deal with worry
Posted: October 30, 2021
Autistic people can experience frequent feelings of being intensely worried. The following 10 suggestions might help autistic people to better deal with worry:… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read this article, along with receiving access to our exclusive animations, podcasts and special offers – please click the Subscribe today button. If…
How to change reactions to responses
Posted: October 16, 2021
For most people, whenever something happens, it will cause an automatic and immediate reaction. Although this reaction comes naturally, it isn’t always appropriate or helpful. The reaction can often be skewed and disproportionate compared to the situation. Here are two examples that may help to understand a reaction: 1) A boss sends their employee an… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our co…
Why autistic people often feel confused
Posted: October 3, 2021
Autistic people can often feel confused even if they are highly intelligent. Feeling confused so frequently can really impair an autistic person in their day to day living. Even the most “simple” or “ordinary” tasks and situations can be highly perplexing… There are many reasons why autistic people may have a tendency to feel confused…. Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to membe…
Why autistic people might be underestimated
Posted: September 19, 2021
To underestimate someone means 'to think of them as being lower in ability, influence, or value than they actually are.' Many autistic people think that others have a tendency to underestimate them. I thought about why this might be and about how these situations can be managed:
Shyness in autistic versus neurotypical people
Posted: September 5, 2021
Shyness is feeling nervous, uncomfortable or awkward in social situations. A lot of people used to describe me as "shy", but my experience of being shy seemed different from some of the other shy people I had met. I wondered whether it was because I was autistic that my shyness came across differently and felt different. I created this animated film to suggest how shyness might be different for an autistic person: