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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:
The disabled adult and their impact on loved ones
Posted: August 9, 2015
When you are a child, with or without a disability, it is quite normal for you to be dependent on your parents and other family members. At some point however, most young adults will want to “fly the nest” – and even if they don’t really want to, they will. However, when the young adult has a developmental… 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 con…How to communicate with a non verbal person who is feeling anxious
Posted: July 30, 2015
This blog article was written on the request of a speech and language therapist, who asked me if I had any information on people with ASD who have difficulty expressing themselves verbally (but who have good language skills). She noted that, in times of anxiety/stress, these people could communicate through written language, despite the term ‘selective mutism’… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only…Why girls may not show autistic signs until puberty
Posted: June 29, 2015
It is a known fact that girls very often go undiagnosed until they are in their puberty, or even when they hit adulthood. This may lead to feelings of frustration, loneliness or even despair, with these girls. Now why is it so many girls go undiagnosed? We can find the answer in developmental psychology. When… 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 articl…Expectations of your autistic child
Posted: June 24, 2015
One of the worst things a parent – or teacher – can do is “push” the autistic child into doing things with their peers. The parent has to understand that, due to their ASD, it is highly likely their child won’t be able to fit in. This is a common mistake adults make, usually well… 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 articl…
How to manage social energy levels
Posted: June 21, 2015
Finding out what makes you lose social energy and what makes you gain it is the first step to sensible social energy management. Socialising is the obvious thing that causes introverts to lose social energy and extroverts to gain social energy, but there are also other factors to consider. I have listed examples in the table below: