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4 Conversation techniques to add to your social script
Posted: 10 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:
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:
12 reasons autistic people might be sensitive to emotions
Posted: August 22, 2021
Autistic people can be highly sensitive. They might feel upset, disappointed, frustrated or hurt frequently. Family members might sometimes think that their autistic loved one is being “oversensitive” or “overreactive”. If they understood the deeper reasons as to why their autistic loved one is like this, it might help them to be a bit more… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to member…
How other people can affect what an autistic person does
Posted: August 8, 2021
Based on my animated film, A Day Working at the Vet’s for The Girl With The Curly Hair, I have been developing e-courses to help autistic people at work and to help employers understand autistic workers. There was one specific scene in this film that inspired me to write this article. In the scene, The… 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…
5 ways to build your own identity
Posted: July 24, 2021
Many autistic people go through life with low self-esteem and feeling as though they do not fit in. This can cause them to question their identity because they feel as though they must fit in with others and not the other way round. Some autistic people conform so much to other people’s views and ways… 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,…
Why can’t autistic people say how they are feeling?
Posted: July 10, 2021
Autistic people can have a lot of difficulties and can be severely impaired in daily life. They can feel highly anxious everyday. The sad thing is that even the people closest to them may not know what they are going through. I suppose there is a similarity here to some of the experiences that depressed people have. In the media, we often hear stories of people who have struggled severely with their mental health but that their family and closest friends were unaware. This brings me to the first reason why an autistic person might be unable to tell their family how they are feeling:
Understanding rules versus guidelines
Posted: June 26, 2021
Autistic people may have a tendency to take things literally. One consequence of this is that they might believe that things said are ‘rules’ and subsequently should be followed strictly and precisely (whereas the person who said those things only meant them to be ‘guidelines’). Taking another person’s comments literally can cause the autistic person… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are avail…