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August 8, 2019
How to cope with unpredictability
Most autistic people benefit from feeling that their world is predictable. By predictable I mean: knowing what is going to happen next and fully understanding what any situation entails. Due to the nature of being human and daily living however, no matter what measures people take, there is still going to be a degree of everyday unpredictability. I will look at some of these unpredictabilities and suggest strategies on how to manage:
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August 2, 2019
Alis Rowe – What’s the time, Mr Wolf?
This song was inspired by one of my blog articles, What does ‘different not less’ mean?
A song about 4 different children’s experience of autism. They are brought together by the playground game, What’s the time, Mr Wolf?
A lonely and atmospheric song with a positive ending.
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July 29, 2019
Using different characters to improve social interaction
One concept that I find useful to think about is using different ‘characters’ to help me get better at social interaction. This can involve a degree of masking but, as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t consider masking to always be a bad thing. The ability to mask helps me get what I want a lot of the time. It is the only way that I get by in the neurotypical world.
Here are some characters that autistic people may find useful to get to know from inside themselves:
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July 22, 2019
Episode 3 now available
Episode 3 ‘A Day at College for The Girl with the Curly Hair’ is now available to watch on our website!
The Girl With The Curly Hair goes to college. She travels by train and has Chemistry, Physics and Biology lessons.
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Alis Rowe – I Believe in Me
Alis just released her second song! A deep, meaningful, meditative combination of music and lyrics documenting the story of how she learned to rap. Through hard work and perseverance anyone can reach their own personal goals.
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July 19, 2019
Was it such a bad thing to be diagnosed as an adult?
I often feel bombarded by people who praise early diagnosis of ASD. There are lots of benefits of receiving a diagnosis as a young child, for example being entitled to receive support at school. However, there are also some benefits of not getting diagnosed until adulthood. I think that I am a better person in many ways because I wasn’t diagnosed with ASD until I was in my twenties.
The period of time in which a person is diagnosed, for example 2019 versus 1999, would also affect how useful a diagnosis was. For many older adults, having a diagnosis as a child would probably not have helped them much at all, just because of the period of time and the widespread lack of understanding of autism.
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July 10, 2019
TGWTCH Song Release
Over the last 6 years I’ve had a lot of fun writing to help people understand autism, using all the different media – books, stories, scripts, films, infographics, blog articles, social media posts. I have now rekindled an old interest in writing rap lyrics.
I am excited to release my first ever rap song!
If you like our work and want to support our social enterprise, please purchase the song on your favourite platform-
I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you!
Alis Rowe
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July 9, 2019
What does having no instincts mean?
One of the most severe difficulties associated with autism is the difficulty imagining what might happen in a situation. You could describe this as social imagination or just simply lacking instinct.
Most neurotypical people will go into any situation and be able to cope with it on the spot. The situation can be anything, for example going on the train, going to a cafe, meeting friends, going to the GP or going to a conference. In most instances they don’t have to do much ‘preparation’ beforehand, or least not overly conscious or right-to-the-very-last-detail preparation.
Autistic people, on the other hand, have a tendency to either overprepare or underprepare.
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July 6, 2019
Marketing Assistant
Would you like to work from home for a few hours a week, hours and times to be determined by you?
Want to work for a fun but worthwhile cause helping raise awareness of autism across the UK?
Are you happy to phone schools and other public and private sector organisations to promote our autism training and generate genuine interest?
Events would be set up by a Trainer, they would tell you about their event and you would then be required to promote it. You would be trained in how to do this if you have no experience and there would be a named person to liaise with from our company.
In generating sales for an event, you would receive a percentage of net sales taken per event. If you generate a private booking, you would earn a % of that sale too.
This is a self employed role, and no salary is payable.
Application process
Please send your CV, together with a statement outlining how you meet the needs of this role to Sam Ramsay, Manager at sam@thegirlwiththecurlyhair.co.uk
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Lead Generator
We are a well established company looking for someone to help us expand our reach (business to business) by generating warm leads.
You will be responsible for:
Cold calling and emailing
Following up on leads
Keeping a well organised log of warm leads
The role involves finding and making contact with the relevant person (inside schools, health practices, businesses, councils) to enquire if they are interested in receiving autism training in the near future.
If you are not familiar with what we do, training on our organisation and on autism can be provided.
Confidence and bubbly personality is important.
Work from home.
Hours: 3 hours per week
Pay: £9 per hour
Contract: 6 months
To apply, please send your CV and tell us why you would be suitable for this position. Please email to: sam@thegirlwiththecurlyhair.co.uk
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