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  • Looking After Your Autistic Self

  • A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being
  • By: Niamh Garvey
  • Narrated by: Lara Hutchinson
  • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Looking After Your Autistic Self

By: Niamh Garvey
Narrated by: Lara Hutchinson
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Publisher's summary

'I no longer try to mask my autism; I now work to support my autism'

Take charge of your needs including sensory self-care and emotional regulation for a calmer and happier life.

It is a myth that autistic children grow into 'less autistic' adults. In fact, many autistic adults feel more overwhelmed as they age as the stresses of social demands such as relationships, parenting, or the work environment increase.

Niamh Garvey offers tips and tricks designed to reduce sensory and emotional stress and look after your autistic self. From understanding what's happening when the stress response kicks in to using the 'detective habit' to spot your individual strengths and triggers. What's more, every element of this book can be personalised to you.

Featuring strategies including 'quick calm plans' for managing triggers and lived-experience advice on understanding emotional regulation, coping with sensory overload and how to look after your senses during intimacy, this guide is here to ensure that you don't just survive adulthood, you thrive in it.

©2023 Niamh Garvey (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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This book has given me ways to approach life. It has provided valuable insight into myself. It brings me closer to feeling my lived experiences validated AND valuable.

Diagnosed with autism and adhd at 53 I have searched for books that are relatable. For me this book echoes so much of my lived experience. It also ties together so much of the therapy I have had and I am currently actively trying to work into my life.

I am so happy to have found this priceless guide to my autistic self.

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The truth is we can make the world we seek. This book is a great start!

I learned so much. 47 now and discovered autism at 46. This helps me immensely.

I have lots to learn and a bunch I can do every day to make my life dope!

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This book made it feel ok to be me.

The author captures the struggles and strengths of autistic people beautifully. The skills recommended are practical and helpful. As someone finding my place in this very noisy world, I feel empowered and seen by listening to this audiobook.

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