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    Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
    Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
    Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
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    Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism

    By Holly Bridges

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    Outlining a new and optimistic way to understand autism, this concise book offers practical ideas to support individuals on the autism spectrum. The Polyvagal Theory suggests that symptoms of autism are a learnt response of the nervous system - the result of being in a prolonged state of flight/fight. This book explains the theory in simple

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLicenseToThink PtyLtd
    Release dateAug 31, 2022
    ISBN9780645488616
    Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
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    Holly Bridges

    Holly Bridges is a neurodivergent, award winning Australian therapist, keynote speaker and author. Since writing 'Reframe', Holly has developed the Autism Reframe Technique (A.R.T.) which incorporates the principles of co-design and brain plasticity. She works internationally with teens, adults and children with autism, ADHD and I/D. Holly lives in Perth, Western Australia with her husband, two kids, three dogs and a cat.

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