GenZspeechie

GenZspeechie Autistic speech pathologist and content creator.

Been thinking about this a lot lately…Also, haven’t been posting/creating much lately- the burnout is real. ID: a t...
17/02/2023

Been thinking about this a lot lately…

Also, haven’t been posting/creating much lately- the burnout is real.



ID: a tumblr text post by lavenderr-juniperr saying ‘One thing that bothers the f**k out of me when I tell people I’m autistic, and they say the old “really? I couldn’t tell! You don’t seem autistic,” is that they COULD tell. They could tell that I’m intense and have no volume control because they’ve pointed it out. They could tell that I dont have a great understanding of social cues because they laugh when I miss them. They could tell that I stim because they’ve told me to stop fidgeting. So they COULD tell, because I DO “seem” autistic, but to them, they just saw my autistic traits as personal failures and never as things that I simply couldn’t help.’

Tomorrow, January 26th, is a public holiday around Australia. It is officially called ‘Australia Day’, and it is held on...
25/01/2023

Tomorrow, January 26th, is a public holiday around Australia. It is officially called ‘Australia Day’, and it is held on the 26th of January because that is when the first fleet landed in Australia.

In reality, we as allys should be following the lead of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and recognising it as Survival Day, Invasion Day, and a day of mourning. The arrival of white people in Australia led to centuries of genocide, forced removal of children from their parents, and intentional, government sanctioned loss of cultural connections. In addition to the aftershocks of this still being felt today, Indigenous people are still facing police brutality, mistreatment in all government systems, and constant prejudice.

And yet, Australia celebrates.

The land I live on always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

For those who wish to learn more about Invasion Day, I downloaded this image from who has a lot more information on her Instagram page.

I’ve been working on putting together a series of social narratives and activities to help me in supporting my autistic ...
23/10/2022

I’ve been working on putting together a series of social narratives and activities to help me in supporting my autistic clients understand themselves and autism, and to help others in their life, particularly allistic people, understand them as well.

This first set is called ‘I am Autistic’ and is a brief overview of some common characteristics in autistic people and is available on my TPT store. It’s aimed mainly at children 5-10 years old but I think it could be adjusted for older clients as well.

Other things I’m planning on covering in this series include strengths and challenges associated with being autistic, the double empathy paradigm, masking, and problem solving. I’m trying to make sure that all of these resources are designed not just to target ‘changing’ autistic clients, but changing the people around them as well.

Stay tuned, and let me know if you have any suggestions!



Image description:
All slides have a pastel rainbow border and a white centre.
Slide One: A light green banner has the tittle 'I Am Autistic' and the subtitle 'A Neurodiversity Affirming Unit Introducing Characteristics of Autism'. There is an image of two pages with black borders. The right one says 'I am Autistic' and the left one says 'I am autistic - parent handout'. There is also an iPad showing a page that says 'not every autistic person is the same' which has a picture of two girls on it who are surrounded by small icons. The first girl has headphones, scales, a pair of eyes, a blue dinosaur, and a happy and worried emoji. The second girl has a cat, a bowl of cereal, a fidget popper, a pair of scales, and happy and anxious emojis.

Here is a sneak peek inside my newest resource, which is all about understanding characteristics of autism. It is design...
16/09/2022

Here is a sneak peek inside my newest resource, which is all about understanding characteristics of autism. It is designed to help children and their parents understand what autism is. You can find it on my TPT store! (Link in bio).



The images in this post are from freepik, and are by the creators pikisuperstar, freepik, Brgfx, callmetak, pch.vector, and macrovector.

Learning to share is really hard. While working on learning to share, using a social narrative to teach about sharing is...
10/08/2022

Learning to share is really hard. While working on learning to share, using a social narrative to teach about sharing is beneficial for everyone involved. The aim of this story isn’t to make kids share when they aren’t able to. What it does aim to do is to teach children why they might not want to share and how to advocate for themselves. It also aims to teach children what to do when others don’t want to share with them.



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Image description: all pages have a pastel rainbow border around a white square.
Page 1: At the bottom there is a pink banner with white writing that has the heading 'Sharing' and the subheading 'a neurodiversity affirming social narrative.' In the middle of the page is a clipart iPad with a picture of two smiling children and a tower of blocks in between them and the text 'Sometimes I am excited to share. It can be fun to share my toys with other kids.'
Page 2: two ipads. On the first one it has the text 'But sometimes I don't want to share. it might make me feel mad, sad or worried.' there is a picture of the same child three times, with an angry, sad and worried facial expression. The second iPad has the text 'I might be worried because they might not have the same rules as me'. There is a picture of two children, one happy and worried, with a tower of alphabet blocks in between them. The block at the top is an 'E'. The worried child has a thought bubble that says 'the A has to be at the top'. (Continued in comments)

Sharing is something a lot of autistic kids struggle with, and trying to share often triggers meltdowns. This can make t...
07/08/2022

Sharing is something a lot of autistic kids struggle with, and trying to share often triggers meltdowns. This can make things really difficult for kids and their parents, particularly when siblings or other children are involved.

The first step to helping children learn to share is understanding the underlying reasons why sharing is so difficult.



Image description: The first slide has a lavendar background with pale purple flowers and a white heading that says 'Why sharing is so hard for autistic children.

All following slides have a lavendar background with white note paper on them. They have numbers in purple and headings with pale purple highlighting.

1. Sharing is Hard - Sharing is a difficult skill to learn, and it is developmentally appropriate for every child to struggle to share.
Even as adults, we all have things that we don't want to share. To children, toys are one of the most important things to them, so it makes sense that it will be difficult for them to share.
2. Autonomy - Every child goes through stages of struggling for autonomy, and in autistic children it can sometimes be more challenging. Potential difficulty with motor skills and executive functioning may mean they need more help that they would like to receive, and potential communication difficulties may mean that it is hard for them to communicate in ways that foster autonomy.

(Continued in comments)

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