November 17, 2020

The Spectrum magazine

Welcome to the Spectrum magazine, one of the UK’s largest collections of autistic art, poetry and prose. Created by autistic people, our content covers all things autism – from articles on ASD and aliens, to everyday reflections of life on the spectrum. Here you can download our latest issue in PDF format, subscribe to the paper version, or read the magazine online.

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Spotlight – The Care of Older People Practice Manual

A key text for challenging ageism and promoting dignified practice. Dr Sue Thompson presents invaluable guidance on how to take care of older people in positive empowering ways that avoid common ageist assumprions and practices. This is an essential guide […]

Neil Thompson’s Lessons for Living – Remove distractions where possible

Effectiveness in working with people relies to a large extent on being able to communicate successfully, to make a genuine and meaningful connection with the person(s) concerned. Distractions can get in the way of this (for example, a television being […]

Taking action against ageism

It is essential that we challenge ageism at every opportunity. However, many older people have told us that they find it difficult to recognise ageism, and are unsure what to do to challenge ageism when they encounter it. That’s why […]

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4 steps for navigating bereavement in the workplace

Employees could be faced with the passing of a colleague, family member, friend or even, someone they provided care for. It could be from a long-term illness, an accident, COVID-19 or perhaps from a sudden and unexpected health condition. For […]

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