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Jul 20Liked by Annie Ridout

I am a teacher and have a neuro divergent child . It’s time to get momentum on changing educational settings that align with what we’ve learned about autism over the last couple of decades. Mainstream is not main stream really is it ? A tad narrow I think and I’m in it 🤣🙄 great piece , love your work x

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Lovely to hear from you. And yes, I think you are right. I haven’t thought of it like that… thank you x

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Jul 19Liked by Annie Ridout

Hello Annie. My good friend Stephen Harnwell Jones and his wife Tara have designed a set of communication cards to help their autistic daughter. If it would interest you, you can find them here: https://thegrumpy.club/shop/find-you-voice-set-1-in-yellow . The project is in the early stages, and I'm sure they'd appreciate any feedback, but more than anything perhaps they will be interesting for you. Tara has also started to share her mothering experience on Substack under her publication 'Always Autistic'. I hope you don't mind me sharing!

I love the idea of souls choosing their parents. I feel that strongly myself, and I feel comforted by the idea that my son 'chose' me to be his mother. It gives me some kind of belief in myself that I can give him what he needs, even when I doubt myself.

Thank you for sharing.

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I’m going to go and look at those cards, thank you x

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Beautiful article Annie xxx

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