Kristy Forbes
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1,527 appearances
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first heard Nov 2019
last heard Feb 2025
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I think families need to be supported to tune into who their children actually are.
And
Look at what their challenges are and find supportive ways.
of assisting them.
To get the help that they need that way, rather than just taking this entire human being
not even looking at who they are and just going, okay, autism means we have to make them something they're not, because it traumatizes them.
having me.
I'm really excited to be here.
That is amazing.
That just feels like such an honour to me.
It's really lovely to hear.
Yeah, sure.
So I am an autistic person.
And I also have a PDA profile of autism, which isn't well known about at this point, but I'm also the mother of four autistic girls.
I have a background as an educator, so I worked in early childhood, primary and secondary.
And then I worked for a little while as a childhood behavioural and family specialist, so supporting families whose children had a social, emotional or behavioural difference.
Uh and now I'm in business for myself.
So I I work to support families raising neurodivergent children.
So
Children who may be autistic or have ADHD or any form of difference to create.
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