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Focused version of projects and information for the Autistic spectrum from the Plus Value Awareness initiative family
Latest Developments

Blog: Be Wiser and avoid being reactive
Visit the Project Director's website on his perspective on the challenges for incaccurate Judgments

Blog: Change the narrative
Read the article on WordPress. Encourge everyone to move away from the negative percetions

Blog: Embrace, not Shaming (Autistic Spectrum)
Read the article on WordPress. The autistic spectrum edition of a year long insight article with embracing a person beyond understanding

Blog: Autistic imbalance at Work
Read the article on WordPress. The project Director's insight on the serious challenges an autistic person faces in employment

Special article of the Project Director during World Autism Acceptance Month
Details on the Project Director's website of a special article by the regional awareness and support charity Autism West Midlands with direct link to the special feature online

Blog: My area must improve attitudes
On the Project Director's website his personal experence on prejudice attitudes in his area & region
Connected Projects to
Autistic Spectrum

Valuing Autism
from the project
Valuing Hidden Differences
To improve understanding and to value an Autistic Person

Advantage
Customised for the Autistic Spectrum
Focusing on Autistic strengths and attriubutes

Autistic Achievers
from the project
Diverse Achievers
A summary list of achievers and role models with the Autistic Person
From legacy projects
with Differences Originals

Brighter Future
A legacy project from 2002. It was the Project Director's very first visual art awareness project visualing different experences against specific difficulties

Avoid the Easy response
A Focused legacy project which discourage automatic responses towards an autistic adult
Discover more examples by visiting the index page of the "Differences Originals" feature
Projects & articles on supporting Autistic Sprectrum events

Blog: Value Better
The project director has written an insight article for to encourage valuing autistic people better beyond understanding and acceptance.
Visit the new blog "Value Better"
Available by the insight blog on WordPress

Blog: Be Smart
The project director has written an insight article on changing out perceptions and presumptions.
Visit the new blog "Be Smart"
Available by the insight blog on WordPress

Blog: it's time to stop the trivalisation
Changing from typecasts and presumptions towards an autistic person

Blog: Two sides - Acceptance and no acceptance
How acceptance is not enough to value an autistic person
Discover more examples of blog articles and projects specificly for the autistic spectrum by visiting the Events+ Collection index page
Guides

The Guide
Updated with a new look
The information summary on the kind of difficulties affecting independent & articulate people on the Autistic Person
The information page does not cover non-verval, severe examples or classic symptoms of the autistic spectrum

Updated with a new look
Autistic spectrum facts & Figures
Statistics information
Explore the the webpages and connected projects below
linked with the Awareness Focus feature