Families, Parents & Carers

Supporting Young Autistic People in Education and at Home

Discover neurodiversity-affirming resources to help you develop a better understanding of Autism to support the well-being of young Autistic people in educational settings and the family home.

Workshops

I offer bespoke workshops and webinars tailored to individual organisations to meet the needs of neurodivergent families. My work focuses on developing an understanding of:

Neuro-affirming Autistic identity
Low-demand parenting and teaching strategies
Methods to support young people who may be experiencing barriers to education
Understanding burnout and exploring ways forward
Embracing the theory of Monotropism

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Re-Storying Autism

A Framework For Families, Parents, And Carers: Reimagining Support For Autistic People

By David Gray-Hammond & Helen Edgar

Autism has been explained to us for generations.
Diagnosed, interpreted, measured, corrected, managed.

This course and workbook does something different.

Re-Storying Autism is a number one Amazon Best Seller 2026 , it is an invitation to step out of inherited stories about what autism is and begin shaping your own; one rooted in lived experience, relational safety, and Autistic ways of knowing.

Not a cure.
Not a coping manual.
Not a guide to being more palatable.

This is about meaning, agency, autonomy, and reconnection.

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This isn’t another autism workbook

Most autism resources fall into one of two traps:

They either reduce Autistic life to deficits and strategies,
or they celebrate difference while skirting around burnout, trauma, shame, addiction, and loss.

Re-Storying Autism offers something radically different.

It assumes:

Your loved ones have survived environments that weren’t built for them
They’re not broken; but they may be carrying the impact of harm
Identity is not fixed; it’s shaped over time, in relationship with the world

This course doesn’t ask “How do I function better?”
It asks “What story have I been living inside, and how was it shaped?”

No checklists, no assessments, just a collaborative way of learning about neurodiversity and supporting Autistic people.

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Built on NeuroHub Community Ltd’s six-point framework

This work is grounded in NeuroHub Community Ltd’s six-point framework for supporting Autistic people; a model developed through years of community work, research, education, and lived experience.

The framework understands Autistic wellbeing as something that emerges when we attend to:

How Autistic experience is understood and framed
The sensory and emotional landscape of the bodymind
Identity, masking, and the cost of survival
Environment, predictability, and relational safety
Power, systems, and institutional harm
Connection, meaning, and Autistic ways of becoming

Rather than isolating “the individual” as the problem, this framework recognises that distress is often created between people, environments, and systems.

Re-Storying Autism uses this framework not as a rigid structure, but as a steady ground; one that keeps reflection safe, contextual, and humane.

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What “re-storying” actually means

Re-storying is not positive thinking.
It’s not reframing trauma to make it easier to endure.

It’s a grounded, reflective process of:

Making sense of how a nervous system learned to survive
Understanding how environments shape distress
Separating identity from harm and adaptation
Allowing identity to be fluid, contextual, and alive

When the story changes, behaviour often follows; but the aim is not to change observable behaviour, it’s to rewrite the story of autism.that has been passed down to you.

What’s included

The Workbook (nearly 400 pages)

This is not a journal full of prompts and platitudes.
It’s a substantial, structured companion designed for anyone wanting to better support Autistic people aged 8 years or older.

Inside, you’ll explore:

Autistic identity beyond diagnostic labels and behaviour lists
Masking, burnout, and the long-term cost of adaptation
Why “resilience” narratives often deepen harm
How systems, power, and services shape lived experience
Ways of reconnecting with self without forcing coherence or certainty

You don’t have to move linearly. You can drop in and out, pause, return, skip, and linger.

This work respects Autistic pacing and autonomy.

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The On-Demand Video Course (7 modules)

The video course brings the workbook to life through seven carefully structured modules.

Rather than lectures or instruction, the videos offer:

Clear, accessible explanations of complex ideas
Reflection without pressure to disclose, perform, or “progress”
A sense of being accompanied, not managed

Watch at your own pace.
Pause. Rewatch. Walk away and return.

No deadlines. No targets. No productivity theatre.

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Who this is for

This is for those who want to better understand and support Autistic people and help them after:

Feeling disconnected from themselves after years of coping
Being exhausted by being told to manage or optimise themselves
Wanting language for their experience that isn’t medicalised or moralised
Carrying complex histories involving trauma, addiction, or marginalisation
Knowing that identity continues to unfold across a lifetime
Wanting space to reflect without being fixed

You don’t need to be confident, healed, or stable.
You only need curiosity and enough safety to reflect.

Who this is not for

This isn’t for:

Parents seeking to change their child
Professionals looking for a quick autism explainer
Behavioural compliance or “life skills” training
Anyone invested in cure narratives

This work starts from the assumption of Autistic dignity.

Why this exists

Across years of community work, consultancy, research, and lived experience, one pattern kept repeating:

Autistic people weren’t failing because they lacked skills.
They were suffering because the stories about them erased context, power, and humanity.

Re-Storying Autism exists to offer a different starting point; one that honours complexity, contradiction, and growth without demanding assimilation.

How to access it

Workbook: Paperback and Kindle
Video course: On-demand, lifetime access

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The full video course is available for £100.

And if you’re a paid NeuroHub member, the video course is included at no extra cost.

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An invitation

You don’t have to re-story an entire life.
You don’t have to reach clarity or closure.

Sometimes the most meaningful shift is letting a story be told differently.

Re-Storying Autism offers space, language, and grounding for that work; held within a framework designed with Autistic people, not imposed upon them.

The story is still unfolding.

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