Links

This page lists some links you may find useful.  While I can’t be held responsible for the content of links posted here, please do contact me if you experience any problems with any of the links – thanks. 

• Kieran Rose has a wealth of resources and offers an amazing programme called The Inside of Autism which I highly recommend if you are looking for excellent value, up to date, autism informed training that will challenge you and your current perceptions of the Autism narrative. I have repeated the course twice and I’m about to sign up for another year because I get so much out of it personally and professionally.
• AT Autism are currently collaborating with Anna Freud to run the National Autism Trainer Programme (NATP) train the trainer programme commissioned by NHS England.  It is absolutely the best autism training currently available and I don’t say that lightly. If you ever get offered a chance to attend it – do.
• I also entirely support this position statement on Positive Behavioural Support for autistic people.
• The National Autistic Society are one of the largest autism charities in the UK. As such they offer a lot of information about autism and related conditions; occasionally they offer fully funded training courses.
• The Autism Education Trust is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of appropriate educational provision for autistic children and young people and often produce useful resources in partnership with young autistic people. This video is a good example of their ethos.
• The Autism Directory provides some details of autism help and support in your locality.
• PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is an autistic profile that requires a completely different approach to ‘the usual stuff’.  You can find an awareness booklet aimed at professionals on the PDA Society website here along with many other resources.
• Dr Luke Beardon, Senior Lecturer in Autism at Sheffield Hallam University, writes and lectures about autism with a strongly neuro-affirmative approach. He’s responsible for my favourite equation: ‘Autism + Environment = Outcome’.  You can discover more about Luke here.
• Protective Behaviours, a practical approach to personal safety, is a process that encourages self-empowerment, raised self-esteem and the avoidance of being victimised, so is very relevant to autistic people.  The Protective Behaviours Training Partnership was formed in 2012 to promote training for all (and is nothing whatsoever to do with Positive Behavioural Support which is something else entirely).