you are being reversed

When Autism NZ shares videos of identifable Autistic kids, more likely to be abused because of the Autism, in an online space known for child exploitation and abuse - and then tells you to suck it - that's where this situation ends as it indicates drastic action is needed. 

Neuro-affirming clinician practitioners don't do this.  They don't reveal the identity of children who want to please adults by nature.  At best,  Autism NZ are confused at who sets the bar since no safety bar has ever been set.  

Probably because safety is a personal issue and not one a neurotypical led organisations would think of especially if they're part of the problem, demonstrating unsafe behaviour.  

This is especially true when you have confirmed that no where in the system are there protection and sustainabilty resources for families experiencing family disability making them more likely to be unknowingly targeted too, due to unmeet needs.  

If you're a neuro affirming female clinician whose sick of it too send us an email to join the party and help us set the bar!!

Incase you missed it because it was sure misreported.  Drowning is considered a leading cause of death in Autistic children .  It would be a fair statement to say they love water play.  

This really should have come out of the Royal Commission but when you're part of a group of Autistic and AuDHD woman who are on a mission and not a budget, of course we'll step up.  

The Neuro-Affirming Children Safe Guarding Guidelines project fits quite strongly within the Aotearoa New Zealand autism/disability framework, as it covers safeguarding, participation, human rights and harm prevention.  

Currently in New Zealand Autism and Safeguarding are largely treated as separate systems.  

Oranga Tamariki explicitly states that disabled children are more likely to experience abuse or neglect and identifies barriers to communicating that harm is occurring as one of the relevant risk factors. It also specifically identifies neurodiverse rangatahi, including autistic young people, as overrepresented in care and youth justice systems.

In development is free peer designed Social Sex Education which is in addition to the current curriculum and focuses on overcoming the problems caused by interoception, alexithymia and social blindness.

It teaches teens and kids Body Zones and what it means if someone touches their Zones in social contexts.

Often our symptoms mean we fail to recognise social nuances like the build up to touching which is a social thing.  

Green Zone = Friendly Intent. 

Blue Zone = Affectionate Intent.  

Yellow Zone = Questionable Intent.  

Red Zone = Sexual Intent.  

It also works for neurodiverse parents who feel uncomfortable explaining neuro typical sex concepts to their neurodiverse children when they haven't experienced them.  

More coming soon 

This project has a strong alignment with the Aotearoa New Zealand Autism Guideline, particularly because it focuses on the social context of autistic and AuDHD women rather than treating autism only as a clinical condition.

Do it and prove, why neurodiverse people need neuroaffirming safeguarding.

Liz Wilkinson developed the concept of neuroaffirming safeguarding while doing personal healing work with an ACC sensitive claims neuro affirming counsellor who is also a neuro affirming Social Worker.  

New Zealand has disability safeguarding frameworks and increasingly neuro-affirming autism practice. The missing piece is bringing them together into a neuro-affirming safeguarding framework.

While parental neurodiversity is widely recognised in Australia it is not widely recognised in the New Zealand public system and Oranga Tamariki does not recognise or provide protective resources to neurodiverse families.

If you and/or your partner come under investigation by Oranga Tamariki, we encourage you to immediately contact a Disability Lawyer. 

Some private organisations provide support groups for neurodiverse families and they are displayed on our Facebook page.  

If you're 3 generations deep in missed or misdiagnosis we openly acknowledge and recognise the joint social misunderstandings neurodiverse families can develop and use to gang up on you.  

If you are in this situation we suggest you don't poke the bear and quietly form new social relationships with people who understand like woman in Safety Club, as social strategies are available that you can use to minimise the impact of the abuse.  

Also see our page Crisis Support.  

This letter confirms Oranga Tamariki are

• wrecking the minds of neurodiverse children by providing them disability safeguarding designed for neurotypical children.
• not safeguarding parents with Autism who have personal safety issues but removing children 

We're acknowledging these sad state of affairs so parents can make a complaint to the Human Rights Commission, if their child hits the Youth Justice stage and they can't understand why their child's mind is wrecked.  

Wrong system tool.  

Wrong application with a smile.