Autism: A Guide for Parents

This booklet has been co-produced by a team of practitioners with lived experience of
autism, dyspraxia, ADHD and dyslexia. It includes professional input from health and social care management, education and speech and language therapy, the latter informed by the principles of Sensory Attachment Intervention. Most importantly, we are parents ourselves and work alongside parents and families and share in this book how "as new parents, we have only our own lived experience to draw upon and, understandably, presume that our newborn infant will experience the world in just the same way as we do. Most people are able to interact with their physical and social environment without experiencing any pain or discomfort. However, for some of us, including for most Autistic people, interactions between our sensory processing systems and the physical and social world may be unpredictable, uncomfortable, distressing and even painful."
Inside this book you will find extensive lived experience and the wisdom of Autistic adults who generously share their own experiences of growing up Autistic.