Episode 6: Mental Health

The Drumbeat Autism Outreach Podcast is put together by a team of autism specialists working in the Lewisham area in London, and this podcast is aimed at parents and professionals living and working with autistic young people. In this episode, hosts Pete & Charlie interview Matt Green. Matt is a school counsellor who works within a specialist school supporting young people with a range of neurodiversities, including many autistic young people. Matt explores some of the main sources of anxiety amoungst the autstic young people he meets, some of the main ways in which his approach may be adapted when counselling autistic young people and offers some practical advice for parents and professionals working with autistic young people who may be unhappy, anxious or depressed. Some useful links from this episode: If you want to find out more about the Drumbeat Autism Outreach Team, you can find their website and socials here: https://linktr.ee/drumbeatoutreach  More infomation and resources relating to Mental Health and Autsim can be found on the National Autism Society website https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health and more general infomation can be found on the 'mind' charity website https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support Our recommendation of the week this week is the neuroclastics website which is described as "a collective of Autistic people responsive to the evolving needs and trajectory of the Autistic community... publishing autistic voices, we are cataloguing the intersectional experiences, insights, knowledge, talents, and creative pursuits of Autistics" https://neuroclastic.com/