Autism & Anorexia | 5 Things you need to know about the interplay
Channel: Pooky Knightsmith Mental Health
Date: 2020-09-08

In this video I share five things that I think you need to know about the interplay between autism and anorexia.  These are shared with with my personal hat on (as I had comorbid anorexia and autism) but which with my professional hat on, I believe are fairly universal, useful things to consider... 

00:00 Introduction
00:54 Anorexia is a bully to be beaten, autism is a friend to be made
01:52 Language matters ' I am autistic, I had anorexia' 
03:44 The interplay is complex, ask 'am I seeing autism or am I seeing anorexia?'
05:56 Autistic traits can be flipped to promote wellness instead of illness
07:03 Autism is for life - we need to learn to live well with autism to prevent eating disorder relapse
09:25 Summary

This short video is based on a talk that I gave for the PEACE Pathway international conference on 7th September 2020 which aimed to updated practitioners worldwide about the work being done by the team at the Maudsley in London to develop a care pathway for adults with comorbid autism and anorexia. I am proud of sit on the expert reference group for the project and would highly recommend you check out the website or follow on twitter:

website: https://peacepathway.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peace_pathway

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