ASD
Wellbeing
Autistic Burnout and Masking: What They Are and How to Protect Your Energy
What masking and autistic burnout are, the early warning signs, what helps, and a free game to practise planning a week of energy.
ASD
Research
5 Key Findings from My Research on Autism and Employment in Macau
The five most important things I learned from my Master's research into life after school for young people with autism in Macau.
ADHD
Approach
ADHD: "Take 2", Replaying Real Situations to Build Better Responses
What if you could replay the argument, the blurted comment or the missed deadline, and try it differently? That's the idea behind Take 2.
ASD
Research
Why I Use Games to Teach Social Skills: Gamification and Autistic Learners
Points, levels and progress bars aren't just for fun. Here's what the research says about games and autistic learners, and how I've used it in my free games.
ADHD
Families
ADHD: Executive Function Explained, a Guide for Parents
Executive function is the brain's management system. Here are the ten skills I work on with teens and adults with ADHD, and what parents can do at home.
ASD
Independent Living
Is My Teen Ready for University Life Abroad? A Guide for Hong Kong Families Considering the UK
A readiness checklist for Hong Kong families sending an autistic teen to a UK university, and what support international students can actually access.
ASD
Life Skills
Preparing Autistic Teens in Hong Kong for University Admission Interviews
What to expect from JUPAS and UK university interviews, why they can be harder for autistic teens, and practical ways to help them prepare.
ASD
Local Support
Autism Support in Hong Kong: A Guide for Parents
A practical overview of assessment, school support, and specialist services in Hong Kong — plus the real gaps in 1:1 and executive functioning support — and where SLEducation fits alongside them.
ASD
Local Support
Autism Support in Macau: What Parents Need to Know
Autism support in Macau is more limited than in Hong Kong. Here's what recent research shows, and how families can find support closer to home.
ADHD
Strategy
ADHD: The Stop-Think Strategy and Why We Practise It Out Loud
Pause, think through your options, then choose. The Stop-Think strategy is simple to explain and hard to use in the moment, which is why I practise it live.
ADHD
Executive Function
ADHD: Why Capable Teens Still Struggle With Deadlines
"He's so bright, so why can't he just get it done?" Time blindness, task initiation and working memory explain a lot, and there are practical ways to help.
ASD
What Improv Taught Me About Teaching Social Skills to Autistic Students
Structure and spontaneity together, not either/or: why quiet and autistic students so often opened up during improvisation, and how that shaped the SLEducation approach.
ASD
Autism and Scripts: Why I Don't Use Them (Even Though They Feel Safer)
A script feels safe, but social situations are unpredictable by nature. Here's why I teach the reasoning behind a skill instead of a fixed script.
ASD
Autism and Small Talk: A Skill, Not a Personality Trait
"I'm just bad at small talk" treats it as a fixed trait. It isn't — small talk is made of learnable, teachable moves.
ASD
Independent Living
Autism and University Life: Understanding the Specific Challenges
University life brings a wave of new, unwritten social rules all at once. Understanding what actually causes difficulty is the first step to managing it.
ASD
Relationships
Safe Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Autistic Adults
Online dating opens up real opportunities to connect — but it also comes with risks that are easy to miss. Here's how to date online with more confidence and less guesswork.
ASD
Research
Autism and Employment in Macau: Hopeful Signs and What Could Come Next
Growing awareness in Macau, and six ideas from my research that could help young people with autism thrive after school.
ASD
Local Support
Support for Young People with ASD in Macau
From the disability card to organisations like Fuhong, Caritas and IC2: an overview of the support available for young people with autism in Macau.
ASD
Families
The Role of Family in the Journey to Work: Lessons from Macau
Families play a central role as young people with autism move towards adulthood. What I learned in Macau, plus a few practical ideas for parents.
ADHD
Approach
ADHD: My CBT-Informed Approach to Executive Function Support
What CBT-informed actually means in my ADHD sessions, why I practise skills out loud instead of just discussing them, and what the research says.
ASD
Life Skills
More Than Doing the Job: How ASD Can Affect Working Life in Macau
For many people with autism, the biggest barriers at work are not the tasks themselves, but the unwritten social rules and unexpected changes around them.
ASD
Life Skills
University or Vocational Training? Choosing the Next Step After School in Macau
University or vocational training? What my research found about the pathways after school for young people with autism in Macau, and the gap facing more independent learners.
ASD
Research
Why I Researched Autism and Employment in Macau
What happens to young people with autism once they leave school? Key findings from my Master's research into the career opportunities and challenges in Macau.
ASD
Approach
Autism, Scripting and Improvisation: Why SLEducation Takes a Different Approach
Social scripting has its place — but for teenagers and adults with autism, improvisation-based practice builds the kind of genuine, flexible skills that actually transfer to real life.
ASD
Life Skills
Job Interviews and Autism: How to Prepare Without a Script
Job interviews present specific challenges for autistic individuals. Understanding why — and practising the right skills — makes all the difference.
ASD
Communication
Autism and Turn-Taking: Why Conversation Turns Are Hard and How to Get Better
Knowing when to speak, when to stop, and how to read conversational signals is a learnable skill. Here is what the research says and how to develop it.
More articles coming soon
New articles on autism, ADHD, and SLEducation's approach will be published regularly.