If you are an early years educator, it is highly likely you will support autistic children in your setting. Often, you may be part of the journey as a child and family begins to understand their autistic identity, especially after a diagnosis. In her blog, Kerry Murphy acknowledges that while we cannot change how the medical system currently defines or approaches autism, we are still in a powerful position to reframe these deficit narratives and help broaden understanding by acknowledging and affirming autistic culture and ways of being.
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Kerry Murphy is an Early Childhood Advocate with a specialism in neurodiversity-affirming practice and disability justice. She is an author, lecturer, consultant and trainer whose work is focused on disrupting deficit approaches in the SEND system. She is also completing her doctorate on diverse development and play patterns. She is both autistic and ADHD and draws upon lived experience frameworks to frame her advocacy work.