Telling Family And Friends Autism Diagnosis| Purple Ella

Telling family and friends about your or your child's autism diagnosis. I'm talking about how to do it, what kinds of responses to expect and how to deal with them. More below. Resources for sharing: My autism and me (great short video for children)    • BBC - My Autism and Me   The reason I jump (fantastic book by an autistic teen) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reason-Jump-... The National Autistic Societies page about autism: https://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-... Stories about autism (a great blog written by the Dad of two autistic sons): http://www.storiesaboutautism.com Neurotribes (the history of autism and neurodiversity): http://stevesilberman.com/book/neurot... If you like my videos check out my blog posts 💻 at http://www.purpleella.com 💜Follow me on Twitter -   / purpleella   💜Join me on Facebook -   / purpleella   💜Follow me on Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/purpleell... If you want to contact me email me 📱ella@purpleella.com A little bit about me: Hi I'm Purple Ella and my family is an autism family with three out of five of us on the autistic spectrum. So life can be a challenge but also a lot of fun. Helpful links The National Autistic Society - http://autism.org.uk Action for ME - https://www.actionforme.org.uk