Encore: Challenging Behaviours, A Late Autism Diagnosis and Motherness with Julie Green
About this episode
Victoria and Natalie discuss parenting through autism with Julie Green, focusing on late autism diagnosis and the importance of understanding challenging behaviours.
In this 'in case you missed it' episode Victoria and Natalie chat with Julie Green, author of Motherness, to explore the realities of parenting through autism both as a mum to an autistic son and as a woman who discovered her own autism later in life. Biography Julie M. Green is a Canadian writer whose work has been featured in the Washington Post, HuffPost, The Globe and Mail, Today’s Parent, and Chatelaine. She has appeared on CTV, BBC Radio, SiriusXM, and CBC Radio. She writes The Autistic Mom on Substack. For more information, visit JulieMGreen.ca. Key Takeaways Autism in girls and women can look very different from the traditional stereotypes. Julie explains that while boys can be identified through visible traits like lining up toys or having clear special interests, girls may channel their autistic traits into more socially acceptable interests Many girls mask their differences by copying peers The importance of seeing challenging behaviour as communication, not defiance. How self-compassion and reframing past experiences can heal years of misunderstanding and self-blame The need for schools and systems to replace punishment with understanding and co-regulation. Mentioned…
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