[Replay] Building Your Emotional Toolkit with Autistic Therapist Kathy Carter
The Neurodiverging Podcast
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How to Assess if a Provider Is Neurodiversity Affirming
I would look for the language that the provider is using. I personally like identity first language, so I am autistic rather than I have autism. So if a website is emblazoned with that, I would find it a little alarming. And I would avoid any coercive training type provisions that try to take away a client's autonomy. You can spot them, I think, quite easily. If it's a provider, you know, an individual, you can go onto their website and look out for very neurodiversity-affirming language,. They might flag it up on their listing. Most organisations like yourself and like myself will mention it because we know it's a way of connecting with
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