Kristy Forbes

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1,527 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2019 last heard Feb 2025

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You know, when our children are diagnosed, our first point of contact is typically a professional who is trained.

In all the ways that

we really need to take a deeper look at.

So there are some wonderful professionals out there.

But we tend to work toward compliance rather than acceptance based and supportive therapies.

So knowing the difference between

Awareness and true acceptance of neurodivergence.

Is crucial.

Yeah, so another part of this problem is that

I don't I mean my experience and what I observe a lot in other families is that we can become

Disconnected from our intuition as parents.

So when the first of my four girls was diagnosed with autism.

Even though I had this extensive background and professional development, and I'd worked with families.

You know, I've worked

With autistic people and around autism for a really long time, and I thought I knew so much.

And when I became a parent of an autistic child I realised, gosh, I know nothing.

But my focus was on.

I have this child who's different, completely different from me.

And I feel inadequate and disempowered and I don't know how to parent her and I don't know how to connect with her.

And the reality

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