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The unbearable heartache of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Content warning: suicide ideation. In this painfully raw and heartfelt blog, Autistic advocate, Chantell Marshall (aka Shy Little Pixie) gives a rare and illuminating account of what it is like to live with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and the revelation that has helped her quieten her self-sabotaging inner critic.
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Please don’t ask me to be brave
- Blogs
- October 27, 2022
In this powerful piece by one of the Reframing Autism team, she takes us behind one of her particularly damaging masks – the one called “courage”. “This mask is a warrior. It rushes headlong into battle without fear, or even better, despite fear … it lives by the mantra “act first, think later”. It is arrogant. It makes me say “yes” when inside I am screaming “no”. It says to my children “Be brave – like me!”
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Autistic Adolescent Boys’ Perspectives on Engagement in Online Video Gaming, A summary for Non-Academics
- Research summaries
- October 21, 2022
In this research, published in 2022, researchers interviewed 12 autistic adolescent boys (aged between 13-15 years old) to ask them about their perspectives on online gaming.
The study is the first to explore in-depth the positive views of Autistic adolescents on online gaming.
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How to respond empathetically to a meltdown
- Tip sheets & infographics
- April 13, 2021
Our simple, effective and Autistically informed Meltdown Response Plan will have you responding compassionately during your loved one’s meltdown, rather than adding to their overwhelm.
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Emotional regulation, part two: Using co-regulation to teach emotional regulation
- Blogs
- November 23, 2020
In part two of our series on emotional regulation, Reframing Autism founder and CEO Dr Melanie Heyworth explores how we can use co-regulation to teach our children the skill of emotional self-regulation. Specifically, she focuses on how we can cultivate our children’s self-regulation by demonstrating and modelling our own self-regulation through consistent calm connection and compassion.
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Emotional regulation, part one: What is it and why is it so hard?
- Blogs
- November 03, 2020
In this piece – the first in a two-part series – Reframing Autism founder and CEO, Dr Melanie Heyworth, examines emotional regulation: what it is, what we mean when we ask our children to regulate their emotions, and why it is so very difficult to learn to do so.