News on autismagonyaunt:

Just completed the final edits for the next article for the Journal of Health Visiting, titled 'Relationships and Sexuality Education for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities'. To be published in February's edition :)

Nice to be cited in an article :) "... Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders that are characterized by persistent impairments in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, as well as repetitive and restricted behaviors, interests and activities (American Psychiatric Association 2000). Autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified are included as subtypes of ASD (Reynolds 2011). Autistic symptoms have been linked to a number of cognitive deficits, such as language impairments, problems with executive control, difficulties inferring the mental states of others, and a tendency to focus on the detail rather than the global (Kenworthy et al. 2011). ..."

NEW YEAR, new ventures! Training programs below, research papers for publication and new books in the series :)

HERE'S THE NEXT PROGRAM OF WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS IN SWINDON UK:

The why, when, what and how of Relationship and Sexuality Education for children and young people with autism and developmental disabilities
Date: Wednesday 15 May 2019
Times: 0930-1230
Venue: Arkells Brewery Ltd
Hyde Road
Upper Stratton
Swindon
SN2 7RU
Cost: £24 per person (including VAT@20%) Tea, coffee, juice and biscuits included
Parking: Free

How to book: Email kateelainereynolds@gmail.com
Closing date for bookings: Tuesday 7 May 2019

NEW BLOG for Disabled Living magazine about the Chromosome 18 conference on Blog Page

Tuesday 13 November: Attended and ran a workshop for Derbyshire County Council's conference 'Get ready for Relationships and Sex Education'

Delighted that the Health Secretary has ordered an urgent review of what have been described as NHS 'hell holes' for people with autism and intellectual (learning) disabilities. The Care Quality Commission will undertake the review following several newspaper reports of appalling treatment:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6350563/Health-Secretary-orders-probe-autistic-youngsters-locked-NHS-hell-holes-UK.html

NEW BLOG: Not-so-scary Halloween on blog page

Latest blog for Jessica Kingsley Publishers http://www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2018/10/chromosome-18/

JULY 20th The second of the 'What is/are...' series is published. The title is: 'What is ...personal space? A book ffor young people with autism, developmental and intellectual disabilities.' Link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1999612728/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

JULY 6th The first in my series 'What is/are...' about aspects of relationship and sex education was published. This title is: What Are...Relationships? A book for young people with autism, developmental and intellectual disabilities. Illustrated by Jonathon Powell Link to Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1999612701/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1532781213&sr=8-1&keywords=what+are...relationships+kate+reynolds

JUNE 2018 Gave presentation at the Chromsome 18 Europe international conference in Glasgow, followed by two sessions for parents about boys/young men and girls/young women

MAY 2018 Spent yesterday running a relationships and sex education workshop for a very lively groups of parents of children and young people with special educational needs :)

MARCH 2018 lecturing on the Masters program at University of Bristol.

FEBRUARY 2018 TD day training about relationships and sex education for teaching staff at Fosse Way School, Radstock

FEBRUARY 2018 AT UNIVERSITY OF CRETE giving a day long relationships and sex education workshop for Masters students.

BLOG PAGE October 2017: Gave a presentation about relationship and sex education for children and young people with autism & intellectual disabilities at the autism conference at Larissa, Greece.

Spent a whole day at The Grange and The Manor autism specialist schools in Hillingdon speaking about puberty, relationships & sex education with parents and staff.

Interview in Woman's Own magazine based on writing 'Party Planning for Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum' (2011) May 28th 2017

Gave a presentation to occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and a few others at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery near Russell Square in London.

21February - WHAT TO DO ABOUT SMEARING published

January 31st 2017 evening spent at the 30th birthday party of Jessica Kingsley Publishers

NEW QUESTION ON ASK ME PAGE about sexual health and a teenage man.

Kate Reynolds on how to support an autistic child through the challenges of puberty
Interview for Woman's Hour, Radio 4 BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j2fpg

Interviewed on BBC Wiltshire following 'The A Word' broadcast on BBC 1 last night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lt09t 15 minutes into radio show

Interview with Sean Moncrieff on Irish radio:
http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Moncrieff/Highlights_from_Moncrieff/111663/Sexuality_and_Severe_Autism