Looking After Your Autistic Self
A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being
Published on 21. March 2023
256 pages
978-1-83997-561-5 (ISBN)
Description
'I no longer try to mask my autism; I now work to support my autism'
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Niamh's opening words tell us that life as an adult is hard and then proceeds to tell us numerous different ways to make it easier. This is a truly fantastic book full of ideas and strategies delivered in an entirely autistic way. It's so logical, you will wonder why you didn't think of it before. Brilliant. -- Sarah Hendrickx, author of Women and Girls on the Autism SpectrumMore details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
n/a
ISBN-13
978-1-83997-561-5 (9781839975615)
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Niamh Garvey
Looking After Your Autistic Self
A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being
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03/2023
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Person
Niamh Garvey is an autistic author. She graduated with a Diploma in Autism Studies from University College Cork in 2021. Niamh is a registered nurse, and lives in Cork, Ireland with her husband and three children.
Content
- Intro
- Looking After Your Autistic Self
- Cover
- Of related interest
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1: Looking After your Autistic Self
- 2. Taking Control of your Triggers
- 3. Quick Calm Plans
- 4. Well-Being and Special Interests
- Part 2: Sensory Self-Care
- 5. The Sensory System and Autism
- 6. Getting to Know your Own Sensory System
- 7. The Anchor Senses: Vestibular and Proprioception
- 8. The Basic Need Sense: Interoception
- 9. The Famous Five Senses: The Good, the Bad, and the Soothing Strategies
- 10. Looking After your Senses during Intimacy and Sexual Activity
- 11. Managing Sensory Overload, Shutdowns, and Meltdowns
- Part 3: Emotional Regulation
- 12. Recognising and Naming your Emotions
- 13. Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortable Emotions
- 14. Emotional Regulation Plans
- 15. Therapy for Emotional Regulation
- 16. Mental Health and Mental Illness in Autism
- Abbreviations (Abbr) and Glossary
