7 min SENCO Autism: 6/7 Tipping and Flipping Neuro-Narratives
Channel: The Sensory Projects
Date: 18/06/2021

This film looks at:
* Brain difference vs Disability
* Capacity in Context
* Secondary conditions
* Mental health

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):

Damien Milton Double Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1FBvJpzW8&t=12s

Tipping and Flipping Neuro Narratives: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2898779667108183&type=3 

There were too many references to fit into the allowed word count, please contact me if you're curious for more.

Griffiths S, Allison C, Kenny R, Holt R, Smith P, Baron-Cohen S. (2019) The Vulnerability Experiences Quotient (VEQ): A Study of Vulnerability, Mental Health and Life Satisfaction in Autistic Adults. Autism Res. 12(10):1516‐1528. doi:10.1002/aur.2162

  Crane, L., Adams, F., Harper, G., Welch, J., & Pellicano, E. (2019). ‘Something needs to change’: Mental health experiences of young autistic adults in England. Autism, 23(2), 477–493.

  Lake, J.K. Perry, A. and Lunsky, Y. (2014) Mental Health Services for Individuals with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder Volume 2014 |Article ID 502420 | 9 pages | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/502420

  Strang, J.F. Kenworthy,L. Daniolos,P. Case,L. Wills,M.C. Martin,A.  Wallace,G.L. ( 2012).
Depression and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders without intellectual disability, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders,Volume 6, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.06.015.

  Skokauskas, N. and Gallagher, L. (2012), Mental health aspects of autistic spectrum disorders in children. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56: 248-257. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01423.x

  Lundström, S, Chang, Z, Kerekes, N, Gumpert, CH, Råstam, M, Gillberg, C, Lichtenstein, P & Anckarsäter, H (2011). 'Autistic-like traits and their association with mental health problems in two nationwide twin cohorts of children and adults.', Psychological Medicine, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 2423-2433. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291711000377

  Stewart, M. E., Barnard, L., Pearson, J., Hasan, R., & O’Brien, G. (2006). Presentation of depression in autism and Asperger syndrome: A review. Autism, 10(1), 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361306062013

  Barnhill, G. P. (2001). Social Attributions and Depression in Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 16(1), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/108835760101600112

  McCathy, J. Chaplin, E. Forrester, A. Underwood, L. Hayward, H. Sabet, J. Young, S. Mills, R. Asherson, P and Murphy, D. (2020) Prisioners with neurodevelopmental difficulties: Vulnerabilities for mental illness and self harm. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health Vol 29 Issue 5-6 308-320 https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2132

  Hirvikoski, T., Mittendorfer-Rutz, E., Boman, M., Larsson, H., Lichtenstein, P., & Bölte, S. (2016). Premature mortality in autism spectrum disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(3), 232-238. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.114.160192

  Balfe, M., Tantam, D. A (2010) descriptive social and health profile of a community sample of adults and adolescents with Asperger syndrome. BMC Res Notes 3, 300 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-300
  Camm-Crosbie, L., Bradley, L., Shaw, R., Baron-Cohen, S., & Cassidy, S. (2018). ‘People like me don’t get support’: Autistic adults’ experiences of support and treatment for mental health difficulties, self-injury and suicidality. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318816053.
  Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D. M., Ashkenazy, E., McDonald, K. E., Dern, S., Baggs, A. E., … Boisclair, W. C. (2015). “Respect the way I need to communicate with you”: Healthcare experiences of adults on the autism spectrum. Autism, 19(7), 824–831. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361315576221

  Raja, M. (2014). Suicide risk in adults with Asperger’s syndrome. The Lancet Psychiatry, 1(2), 99–101

  Berthoz, S. ,and Hill, E.L. (2005). The validity of using self-reports to assess  emotion regulation abilities in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Eur. Psychiatry 20, 291–298.doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.06.013

  Heasman, B., & Gillespie, A. (2018). Perspective-taking is two-sided: Misunderstandings between people with Asperger’s syndrome and their family members. Autism, 22(6), 740–750. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361317708287

  Milton, D.  Heasman, B. and Sheppard, E. (2018) Double Empathy. In: Volkmar, F. ed. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer.