7 min SENCO Autism: 7/7 Who and Why
Channel: The Sensory Projects
Date: 18/06/2021

This film is simply an introduction to me if you're curious, it explains some of the choices that have been made in creating these films, and gives a quick overview of what is included in them.

You can connect with me on social media via:
https://www.facebook.com/JoannaGraceTSP
https://twitter.com/jo3grace
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannagra...

You can find my son's book My Mummy is Autistic at https://bit.ly/MMIA-Grace
And my book The Subtle Spectrum at http://routledge.pub/SubtleSpectrum

Reading/Research relating to this film's content includes (do get in touch for further reading materials):

The Sensory Projects: www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

Bonnello, C (2018) 11,521 people answered this autism survey. Warning: the results may challenge you. Autistic Not Weird. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://autisticnotweird.com/2018survey/

  McCann, L. (2017) Why I am changing my language about Autism. Reach Out ASC. Accessed online on 2/7/2020 at https://www.reachoutasc.com/blog/why-i-m-changing-my-language-about-autism-1

  Milton, D. (2017) Difference versus Disability: implications of characterisation of autism
for education and support. In: Jordan, Rita, ed. The Sage Handbook of Autism and Education. SAGE, London, UK.

  Sparrow, M. (2017). Labels are valuable tools. Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2017/11/labels-are-valuable-tools.html

  Identity-First Autistic () Autistic is not a dirty word. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://www.identityfirstautistic.org/

  Rose, K. (2017) I do not HAVE Autism. The Autistic Advocate. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://theautisticadvocate.com/2017/10/i-do-not-have-autism/

  Jess (2012) Person First: An Evolution in Thinking. Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2012/07/person-first-evolution-in-thinking.html

  Autistic UK CIC (2020) Identity First Language. Autistic UK CIC. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://autisticuk.org/resources/identity-first-language/

  Brown, L. (2011a) Identity first language. ASAN. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/identity-first-language/

  Brown, L. (2011b) Identity and hypocrisy: A second argument against person first language. Autistic Hoya. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at https://www.autistichoya.com/2011/11/identity-and-hypocrisy-second-argument.html

  Sinclair, J. (1999). Why I dislike “person first” language. Accessed online on 2/7/20 at http://web.archive.org/web/20090210190652/http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/person_first.htm

  Gernsbacher M. A. (2017). Editorial Perspective: The use of person-first language in scholarly writing may accentuate stigma. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 58(7), 859–861. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12706