This presentation was delivered in barnet on 30th jan 2019, you can book me to speak at your school.www.robynsteward.com

1. Autism from a person not just a
textbook
By Robyn Steward

2. School
from a person not just a textbook

3. Who I Am
-Trainer
-consultant
-Author
-Artist
-Musician
-Broadcaster

12. Visuals in action

13. How to get to the hub DRAFT
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14. Things I learned
1. plenty of autistic people have qualifications including bachelor degrees and phd’s but are unable to hold down
A job , If more time was spent on the skills you actually need and documenting them this would help.
2. Doing things differently is ok , buses on diversion manage!
3. Asking/exploring what meaningful listening means to your child , eye contact may not signify to them you are listening, ( and
Might be painful)
4. It is not helpful to pretend you don’t have a disability when you do , because more and more energy gets spent on trying to
“pass” verses using the skills the person naturally poses.
5. Work experience is vital it’s a good way of learning your limits.
6. If it helps it really doesn't matter if others perceive it as for younger people ( I still use symbols)
7. Its all very well telling kids what you want them to do when they get bullied e.g tell a teacher, walk away but is this what typica
Kids do , does it work?

15. Stimming

16. Reduce anxiety
CalmDown
Reduceanxiety
Overstimulatedsenses
HelpsConcentrate/Focus
Communicateanxiety
Confused
Bored
Communicate
excitement
Understimulated
senses
communicate
Fear
Communicate
Happiness
Don’t
Know
Othersensory
Why people said they
Stimmed.

17. periods

18. Contact details
www.robynsteward.com
robyn@robynsteward.com
Twitter : @robyn_steward