Understanding the Autistic Experience

In this week's episode Emily is joined by Jess Garner who founded Gr0ve, a mentoring service for neurodivergent young people. From diagnosis and self identification to community, belonging and co-regulation, this episode is packed full of tips, insights and advice on navigating the autistic experience as a family.Jess is late-realised Autistic, ADHD mother to neurodivergent children, and a former secondary school teacher and middle leader. She founded GROVE, an Autistic-staffed online organisation supporting Autistic young people, after her older child was unable to attend school. Jess recognised a gap in support for Autistic children to connect, belong and explore what being Autistic means to them. Jess holds a Master’s in Autism, with all her work focused on children and young people. Jess's Facebook page@gr0ve_org on InstagramJess's WebsiteLinks mentioned in episode:What Works for Autistic Children, Luke BeardonNeuroqueer Heresies, Nick WalkerWe are all Neurodiverse, Sonny Jane WisePete Wharmbyhttps://theautisticadvocate.com/https://ausometraining.com/https://autismunderstood.co.uk/https://www.spectrumgaming.net/This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more / less of and generally come and say hi!Instagram - TikTok - FB page - Our Private FB group