\[ **BT: [[human beings#neurodiversity]]** ] --- # autism - see also: - [[AuDHD]] - [[ADHD]] - [[focusing! toolkit|neurospicy survival kit]] --- ## autistic masking > [[‘When one is pretending the entire body revolts.’]][^1] > [[‘I am trying to live my life more honestly, which is another way of saying I am preparing to embarrass myself much more.’]][^2] %% > **Amaze Autism Connect Services** > The free National Autism Helpline is open 8am-7pm, Monday to Friday.  Autism Connect advisors (there are two currently in Tasmania and Amaze is looking to expand) offer advice across a number of areas including assessment and diagnostic support, the NDIS, referrals to peer-support services, school and education. Autism advisors can also be emailed at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). > > URL: https://www.amaze.org.au/ - Diagnostic criteria: https://www.amaze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Amaze-Information-Sheet-Changes-to-the-diagnostic-criteria-for-autism.pdf - Teaching an Autistic Student: https://www.amaze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Teaching-an-autistic-student_2023FINAL.pdf - How to communicate effectively with Autistic people: https://www.amaze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/How-to-communicate-effectively-with-autistic-people_2023FINAL.pdf - Emotional regulation, tricky situations: https://www.amaze.org.au/support/resources/emotional-regulation-tips-for-autistic-teens/ - Autism and being trans: https://www.amaze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Amaze-Information-Sheet-7_When-your-child-is-transgender-gender-diverse.pdf - Supporting Transitions and Change: https://www.positivepartnerships.com.au/resources/practical-tools-information-sheets/transitions-and-planning-for-change - Structured Teaching: https://www.autismcrc.com.au/knowledge-centre/resource/structured-teaching Shopping list: - double hammock: https://www.mydiffability.com.au/collections/sensory-resources/products/double-hammock-with-stand?variant=30247219724391 %% --- ## endnotes [^1]: Anaïs Nin, *[[Nin, Winter of Artifice, 1961|Winter of Artifice: Three Novelettes by Anais Nin]]* (Alan Swallow, 1961), p. 117. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/winterofartifice00nina/. [^2]: Katie Bird, ‘[[Bird, ‘Embarrassment Has Good Bones’, 2023|Embarrassment Has Good Bones: A Comprehensive Venn Diagram of Things That are Terribly Embarrassing and Things That Make Life Worth Living]]’, *Marrow* (blog), 3 January 2023, https://katielotz.substack.com/p/embarrassment-has-good-bones.