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Looking After Your Autistic Self
- Author
- Niamh Garvey
- Narrator
- Lara Hutchinson
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 22 June 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Coping with / advice about autism spectrum disorder, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Take charge of your needs including sensory self-care and emotional regulation for a calmer and happier life.
It is a myth that autistic children grow into 'less autistic' adults. In fact, many autistic adults feel more overwhelmed as they age as the stresses of social demands such as relationships, parenting, or the work environment increase.
Niamh Garvey offers tips and tricks designed to reduce sensory and emotional stress and look after your autistic self. From understanding what's happening when the stress response kicks in to using the 'detective habit' to spot your individual strengths and triggers. What's more, every element of this book can be personalised to you.
Featuring strategies including 'quick calm plans' for managing triggers and lived-experience advice on understanding emotional regulation, coping with sensory overload and how to look after your senses during intimacy, this guide is here to ensure that you don't just survive adulthood, you thrive in it.
(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Niamh’s book offers many practical approaches to self-care for autistic people. It is written in a clear and well-structured way.
I bought the physical book half-way through listening to the audiobook. There are many ideas and practices I want to revisit as I know these will benefit me.
I can recommend this book to anyone who is autistic or otherwise neurodivergent as well as those who live with autistic individuals - in order to support them!anonymously 2024-02-15
Details
- Author
- Niamh Garvey
- Narrator
- Lara Hutchinson
- Duration
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 June 2023
- ISBN
- 9781399812016
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Coping with / advice about autism spectrum disorder, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'I no longer try to mask my autism; I now work to support my autism'Take charge of your needs including sensory self-care and emotional regulation for a calmer and happier life.It is a myth that autistic children grow into 'less autistic' adults. In fact, many autistic adults feel more overwhelmed as they age as the stresses of social demands such as relationships, parenting, or the work environment increase.Niamh Garvey offers tips and tricks designed to reduce sensory and emotional stress and look after your autistic self. From understanding what's happening when the stress response kicks in to using the 'detective habit' to spot your individual strengths and triggers. What's more, every element of this book can be personalised to you.Featuring strategies including 'quick calm plans' for managing triggers and lived-experience advice on understanding emotional regulation, coping with sensory overload and how to look after your senses during intimacy, this guide is here to ensure that you don't just survive adulthood, you thrive in it.(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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