PICK & MIX TALKS

Autistic individuals are all like “Pick & Mix” Sweets.

If a group of friends went into a shop and went up to the Pick & Mix counter to buy some sweets, then no two bags of sweets would be the same. Just like autistic people all have a different bag of traits.

I have put together a series of 6 individual talks, each focussing on a different autistic trait or characteristic. These new talks go into more detail about each autistic trait than the general awareness talks I already offer. My new talks are around 40 minutes long with time for Q&A afterwards. So, each talk session will be about 1 hour. You can book me to present all 6 talks as a whole package or choose any number that you would like me to present. I can present both online or on-site and can present these talks on the same day or on different days.

Talks to choose from:

Autism & Sensory Differences
Autism & Stress
Autism & Special Interests
Autism, Communication & Language
Autism, Change and Repetitive Behaviours
What Autism is Not

For further information and pricing, please email: alex@thealexmanners.com

AUTISM & SENSORY DIFFERENCES

Hypersensitivity v Hyposensitivity
Noise
Feel of Certain Objects
Food
Balance & Body Awareness
Sensory Overload
Sensory Heavy Environments
Shopping
Quiet Hours & Online Shopping
Sensory Rooms
How to make a Sensory Friendly Environment
Positives & Superpowers

AUTISM & STRESS

Anxiety
Meltdowns
Shutdowns
Reasons for Stress
Masking
Stress in School
Stress at Work
Stress at Home
How to Support People
Stimming

AUTISM & SPECIAL INTERESTS

What is a Special Interest
Football
Children’s TV
Special Interests & Employment
Special Interests & Learning
Special Interests & Communication
Special Interests & Managing Stress
Managing Special Interests

AUTISM, COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE

Children
Idioms & Taking Things Literally
Answering Questions
Having a Conversations
Body Language & Facial Expressions
Reading & Understanding Information
Language
Neurodiversity

AUTISM, CHANGE & REPETITIVE BEHAVIOURS

Change
Routine & Order
How to Cope with Change
Repetitive Behaviours
Stimming
Positives of Change

WHAT AUTISM
IS NOT

Spiky profile
Autism Myth – Autism is a Male Condition
Autism Myth – People Grow out of Autism in Adulthood
Autism Myth - Autistic people have no empathy
Autism Myth – Everyone is a bit Autistic
Autism Myth – All Autistic People are Geniuses
Autism Myth – Autism is Caused by Bad Parenting
Autism Myth - Autistic people are Anti-Social or Prefer to be Alone
Autism myths in the workplace
Terminology

Reason behind developing these talks

Most of the talks that people present are around 1 specific autistic element such as school, the workplace, autism & girls, Sensory Challenges etc. There are some online courses and training sessions where each session or part of the course is specific to one trait or characteristic of autism. Most of these training sessions or talks are for individuals to do or book onto and therefore not available to companies as a whole. I don’t know of anyone presenting these training sessions as talks to companies. This is why I wanted to create them.