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This week we are featuring Lauren Hird. Lauren is a social worker in children’s mental health. She discussed her experience as an individual with autism and as a social worker.

Find out more about Lauren by reading her interview on the Medium!

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This week we are featuring Shawn Avery. Shawn discusses his journey, sharing his experiences with Autism with the community. He also shares some insights on how society can be more aware and inclusive to people with Autism.

Find more about Shawn’s story by watching his interview on the Medium or on our YouTube channel!

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This week we are featuring Marissa DeVries. Marissa discusses her journey being diagnosed with autism in adulthood.

Find more about Marissa’s story by reading her interview on the Medium!

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This week we are featuring Suzanne DeVries, an occupational therapist and parent of a child with Autism.

Suzanne shares her experiences of being an occupational therapist and her interest toward pursuing the career. She also shares what she has learned so far as a parent to a child with Autism.

Find out more about Suzanne by reading her interview posted on the medium!

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This week, BSLS and the Faces of Autism Subcommittee is proud to present an interview featuring Grace Demerling, a registered physiotherapist who works with children with Autism.

Throughout this video, Grace talks about her experiences working with neurodivergent children and discusses how therapy can be a benefit.

Check out the full video on YouTube! and read her story on the Medium, link in bio.

This week’s post features information about comorbidities and autism. We have provided some common comorbidities as well as some ways they can be presented within autistic individuals.

Written by Mariam, a member of Faces of Autism.

For more information, you can read:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-023-02374-w

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8085719/

https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/learning-about-autism/about-autism/conditions-that-occur-with-asd

This week we are featuring Grant Bruno, a PhD medical sciences candidate.

He is a parent of 2 autistic boys and a member of Nipisihkopahk (Samson Cree Nation). Grant shared information about his advocacy for Autism supports and the Indigenous communities.

Find out more about Grant by reading his interview posted on the Medium.

This week’s post features Jaden, a university student who has Alexithymia. Jaden takes us through his experiences with Alexithymia and how it links to Interoception among people with autism.

Written by Andrew, a member of Faces of Autism.

For more information, read:
https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-and-alexithymia

https://livingautism.com/alexithymia-empathy-autism/

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/when-patient-has-no-story-tell-alexithymia