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Autistic Realms: Community Events and New Resources
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New Companion website
Discover More Realms
Autistic Realms is where I share grounded, neuro-affirming support for families, educators and allies to support Autistic people…
But there’s another thread woven through everything I do…
A slower, stranger, space for art, literature, poetry, philosophical unravellings, and deep neuroqueering ways of becoming…
Curious….?
You’re warmly invited through the portal into More Realms.
This is a space for those who long to wander deeper, into the wild edges of thought, where nature invites pause, neuroqueer ideas take root, and sensory worlds unfold.
A place to linger, to meander through tangled textures, and to drift in spiral time.
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From Autistic Realms to More Realms: Exploring Other Ways of Being
Journey from Autistic Realms into More Realms—where neuro-affirming support meets creative and neuroqueer explorations of other ways of being……
Ethodivergent Hearth Building: A Relational Neuroqueering Community Practice
Explore ethodivergent hearth building as a neuroqueer, relational practice of care, kinship, and more-than-human community with Autistic Realms & Stimpunks.
Mingling with the universe: Autistic Perception
Mingling with the Universe” exploring Autistic meaning-making as sensory, felt, and more-than-human, where solitude becomes connection, and the world speaks in textures, rhythms, and resonance. It’s not about escaping, it’s about finding belonging otherwise.
New Resources
The Neuro-Affirming Wheel of Life
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The Neuro-Affirming Wheel of Life is designed for neurodivergent & disabled people, this gentle tool helps you reflect on your energy, flow, sensory needs, and more. Honour your own rhythms and flow.
This Wheel is not about fixing yourself or striving for symmetry. It’s about pausing, noticing what’s working, what’s hurting, and what needs more time and space.
It’s a chance to ask:
- What feels full?
- What feels stretched thin?
- What really matters to me right now?
You can colour it in, journal with it, or simply use it to guide conversations with a therapist, peer, or support worker. However you use it, this tool is here to meet you where you are — not where the world expects you to be.
You can download the FREE printable Wheel of Life template and an accompanying guided journal with prompts in my shop:
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| Wheel of Life Journal |
Check out my other E-Books –
Over 20 PDFs to instantly download (mostly free)!
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Finally……. here is a Penguin Pebble for you all!
Penguin Pebbling is an Autistic love language. It is a way of showing you care by sharing a meme or a pretty stone to say “I’m thinking of you.” Inspired by penguins who gift pebbles to those they care about.
Looking forward to sharing more blogs, resources, research and upcoming events soon!
If you find this news letter valuable please do share and encourage people to sign up and visit Autistic Realms – pass on a Penguin Pebble!
Best Wishes,
Helen
Latest Posts
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Autistic Burnout – Supporting Young People At Home & School
Autistic burnout in young people is real—and recovery starts with understanding. This post offers neuroaffirming ways to spot the signs, reduce demands, and truly support. 💛 #AutisticBurnout #Neuroaffirming #Monotropism #AutisticSupport
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Monotropic Interests and Looping Thoughts
The theory of monotropism was developed by Murray, Lawson and Lesser in their article, Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism (2005). Monotropism is increasingly considered to be the underlying principle behind autism and is becoming more widely recognised, especially within autistic and neurodivergent communities. Fergus Murray, in their article Me and Monotropism:…
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Map of Monotropic Experiences
Monotropism seeks to explain Autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire This map highlights 20 common aspects of my personal monotropic experiences. How many do you experience? Where are you on the map…
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Autistic Burnout – Supporting Young People At Home & School
Being autistic is not an illness or a disorder in itself, but being autistic can have an impact on a person’s mental and physical health. This is due to the often unmet needs of living in a world that is generally designed for the well-being of people who are not autistic. In addition, three-quarters of…
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The Double Empathy Problem is DEEP
“The growing cracks in the thin veneer of our “civilised” economic and social operating model are impossible to ignore”, Jorn Bettin (2021). The double empathy problem (Milton, 2012) creates a gap of disconnect experienced between people due to misunderstood shared lived experiences. It is “a breakdown in reciprocity and mutual understanding that can happen between people…
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Top 5 Neurodivergent-Informed Strategies
Top 5 Neurodivergent-Informed Strategies By Helen Edgar, Autistic Realms, June 2024. 1. Be Kind Take time to listen and be with people in meaningful ways to help bridge the Double Empathy Problem (Milton, 2012). Be embodied and listen not only to people’s words but also to their bodies and sensory systems. Be responsive to people’s…
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Autistic Community: Connections and Becoming
Everyone seeks connection in some way or another. Connections may look different for autistic people. In line with the motto from Anna Freud’s National Autism Trainer Programme (Acceptance, Belonging and Connection), creating a sense of acceptance and belonging is likely to be more meaningful for autistic people than putting pressure on them to try and…
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Monotropism, Autism & OCD
This blog has been inspired by Dr Jeremy Shuman’s (PsyD) presentation, ‘Neurodiversity-Affirming OCD Care‘ (August 2023), available here. Exploring similarities and differences between Autistic and OCD monotropic flow states. Can attention tunnels freeze, and thoughts get stuck? Autism research is shifting; many people are moving away from the medical deficit model and seeing the value…
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Monotropism Questionnaire & Inner Autistic/ADHD Experiences
Post first published 28th July 2023 Over the past few weeks, there has been a sudden surge of interest in the Monotropism Questionnaire (MQ), pre-print released in June 2023 in the research paper ‘Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire.‘ by Garau, V., Murray,…
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Penguin Pebbling: An Autistic Love Language
Penguin Pebbling is a neurodivergent way of showing you care, like sharing a meme or twig or pretty stone to say “I’m thinking of you,” inspired by penguins who gift pebbles to those they care about.
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What schools and parents need to understand about supporting Autistic and neurodivergent children
What schools and parents need to understand about supporting Autistic and neurodivergent children
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Join NeuroHub Community Space
Join me & David Gray-Hammond in our new community NeuroHub. Access to exclusive webinars, resources and space to connect with others! Hope to see some of you there!
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New Community NeuroHub Space with David Gray-Hammond
Autistic RealmsHelen Edgar Autistic Advocate, Author & ConsultantNeurodiversity-Affirming Supporting Autistic People To Grow & Thrive Welcome to Autistic Realms Newsletter! Exciting news! David Gray-Hammond (Emergent Divergence) has a new community: NeuroHub! I’m really delighted to be collaborating with David and to be part of this new community space as an affiliate.Why NeuroHub?Because the neurodiversity paradigm…
