ASpectrum: online ADHD & autism assessment and therapy services.

21/07/2025

🤔❓ What is Family Fund Mobility Support?

It’s a programme designed to help families raising a disabled or seriously ill child under the age of three to access a suitable vehicle through Motability.

It offers a car leasing package that includes:

✅ Insurance

✅ Servicing and maintenance

✅ Breakdown cover

✅ Support to find the right vehicle for your family’s needs

Apply now - https://www.familyfund.org.uk/grants/schemes/ffms/

Family Fund Mobility Support is a FCA regulated programme. If you are a professional organisation and want to promote it to your beneficiaries, please make sure to get in touch with partnership@familyfund.org.uk first.

01/07/2025

Make social connections at Showcase Tech Hub.

A supportive environment where autistic adults can connect, make new friends, and explore a virtual reality arcade and technology experience!

Have you joined us for Social Connections at Showcase Tech Hub yet?

This group meet is a supportive environment where autistic adults can connect, make new friends, and explore a virtual reality arcade and technology experience centre.

Next session is -
When: Thursday 24th July, 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Where: Dundonald Street, Dundee, DD3 7PY
Cost: £7.50 per person; payable directly to the venue on the day

Want to know more? Get in touch with our Connections team and book your space by emailing dundeeconnections@scottishautism.org or calling 03030 034 020.

We hope to see you there! 🙌

06/06/2025

Welcome to the bachelor pad

04/06/2025

What a great space

04/06/2025

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

25/05/2025

Loving how geese all come together to raise their little ones

29/04/2025

Well said!

29/04/2025

So true!

As we continue our trek backwards, I've seen an increasing amount of support for ABA on autism pages.

All I want to say on this matter is that the fundamental aim of ABA, no matter how it is done (many argue modern ABA is much 'kinder' than before, for example) is to teach the autistic person to mask and act in a more neurotypical way.

That's it.

It can be hidden behind concern for autistic people, often highlighting how autistic people who don't 'pass' as NT are in danger, and there are times where I can certainly see their point (especially from an intersectional viewpoint involving ethnicity, gender and sexuality). But ultimately it is a status-quo upholding concept which fails to consider - at all - the short, medium and long term effects of prolonged, enforced masking.

And anyway - the danger is usually from neurotypicals, and this angle feels a lot like victim-blaming to me.

The fact is, autistic masking is extremely damaging for autistic people. It leads us down a fast track of burnout, anxiety, depression and su***de. Anything knowingly promoting masking over, for example, education of neurotypicals is therefore extremely dangerous.

There are lots of other reasons why ABA is dangerous, but I wanted to zoom into the key core problem here.

Comments turned off as I have no energy to debate this, I'm afraid. Apologies.

13/04/2025