Speaking Insights | Motivational speaker
Speaking Insights
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25.01.2022 Daniel’s Dad loves walking for exercise. He starts almost everyday with a 5 km walk and on average walks around 13,000 steps each day. It’s a great way to stay fit physically but what he also loves about it is that it is emotionally balancing too. Some days he just loves to take in the sounds and sights of nature as he walks and some days he likes to listen to some of his favourite music as he walks. Both are ways that help to detach from the everyday rush. ... During the COVID-19 restrictions, Daniel and Daniel’s Dad participated in Aspect’s Walk for Autism. This was a great way to keep Daniels anxiety around the uncertainty of this time a little in check. We both found this extremely beneficial and also took the opportunity to take photos of the scenery we encountered as we walked. As many of you know, Daniel has a unique eye for photography. Daniel’s Dad has loved taking a few snaps of his own whilst on his walks so we thought we might showcase a few here for you. They’re not up to Daniel’s standard but we think they’re not so bad. [Image Descriptions: Image 1: Portrait of Daryl with morning sunrise in partly cloudy sky behind him. White banner on top of image with text 'Getting to know Daniel’s ‘Dad and at bottom of image, Speaking Insights logo formed by a purple speech bubble and the words 'Speaking Insights', surrounded by a white text box Image 2: Group of baby ducks walking across lawn Image 3: Sun in golden sky glowing above Lake Weeroona. This is also reflected in the lake Image 4: Sun shining behind autumn leaves at railway crossing Image 5: Trees with autumn leaves across lake on lake shore Image 6: Two colourful birds resting on boardwalk fencing with lake water in background. An autumn leaf is also floating in the water Image 7: Pink and purple sky at dawn at Lake Weeroona with light of lake and street lights still switched on Image 8: Rusty shed and steel structure of old Bendigo Gas Works Image 9: Close-up of spider web besides old red brick bridge. Railway viaduct in background and grassy creek with concrete path seen through spider web Image 10: Pink and yellow glow of sky at dawn reflected in lake. Trees in silhouette]
23.01.2022 What questions do you have for us? See you on Facebook Live at 2:30pm A.E.S.T. tomorrow afternoon [Image Description:... Text: ‘Live Q&A Session Featuring Daniel Giles OAM (Autistic Self-Advocate), 'Daniel's Dad' (Daryl Giles) Facebook Live Sat 5 Sep, 2:30pm-3:30pm (AEST) AEST stands for Australian Eastern Standard Time www.facebook.com/speakinginsights' Text box overlaid on background of tree with purple and blue fairy lights. Speaking Insights logo at bottom of text box]
23.01.2022 On this day 3 years ago, we launched our Speaking Insights partnership with the first presentation of From Diagnosis to O.A.M - A Personal Autism Journey to an audience of around 125 in our home city of Bendigo. Since that first time we have been blessed to have taken our story far and wide including many parts of Victoria, Perth and the Margaret River region, Alice Springs, Newcastle and the NSW Central Coast, Singapore & Kuala Lumpur. Daniels sister Leash has told her s...Continue reading
21.01.2022 We are so very excited that Daniel is a contributor to the ND Co and will be providing content, either written or video, to this wonderful initiative at least twice each month. Daniels content will provide his own commentary on a vast range of topics. We would love for you to check it out.
18.01.2022 Getting to know Daniel - Regular travel to Melbourne Prior to COVID-19, I made regular trips to Melbourne, usually on a weekly or even twice weekly basis. I’d travel to Melbourne to attend meetings related to my disability advocacy and to socialise. My last trip to Melbourne was to do our public speaking roadshow on the Mornington Peninsula and in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. Not going to Melbourne has given me a greater appreciation for living in Regional Victoria....Continue reading
18.01.2022 Free Access - Autism Explained Online Summit for 2020 with 25 amazing speakers Following the great success of last year’s Free Online Autism Summit, our friends at Autism Explained have announced that registrations are now open for the Autism Explained Online Summit for 2020. This HUGE LIVE EVENT starts 21st September 2020, but don't wait, you can get your free ticket today!... 5 Speakers each day over 5 days. That’s a total of 20+ talks with amazing autism advocates from a variety of perspectives. They're back with a whole new line up! Many of you may recall the inaugural event last year. There were speakers like Temple Grandin, Peter Vermeulen, Yenn Purkis, Kieran Rose and of course Daniel & Daryl from Speaking Insights. This year the line-up includes autism legends like: Tony Attwood Barry Prizant Michael John Carley Chris Bonnello (Autistic Not Weird) Marcelle Ciampi (Samantha Craft) Samantha Stein (Yo Samdy Sam) Christa Holmans (Neurodivergent Rebel) And many more! The full line up can be found at the link below. Step 1: Register for your FREE TICKET today! Click the below link to view the full event details and secure your free ticket. https://bit.ly/2RzWVb6 Step 2: Tell your friends! This is an event not to be missed! Help us to spread the word about this free event and together we can change the world for the next generation of autistic children!
16.01.2022 GETTING TO KNOW ‘DANIEL’S DAD’ - MOVEMBER This November, Daniel’s Dad has been growing a moustache as part of a fundraiser called Movember. Usually, Dad’s face is clean shaven however he acknowledges this is challenging for Daniel to replicate due to his sensory issues and motor challenges with shaving, but this month, #danielsdad has been growing facial hair.... He’s raising money to support men’s health, especially focusing on three of the biggest health issues facing men: mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Check out these photos of Dad growing his ‘mo’ and support him at: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14335965. [Image Descriptions: Image 1: White banner on top with text 'Getting to know Daniel's Dad'. Portrait of Daryl with mastouche with words 'Day 21', the Movember logo formed by text and a mastouche drawing. Daryl is wearing a t-shirt At bottom left-hand corner of image, Speaking Insights logo formed by a purple speech bubble and the words 'Speaking Insights', surrounded by a white text box. Image 2: Portrait of Daryl with mastouche with words 'Day 16', the Movember logo formed by text and a mastouche drawing. Daryl is wearing a business shirt Image 3: Portrait of Daryl with mastouche with words 'Day 14', the Movember logo formed by text and a mastouche drawing. Daryl is wearing a Red Bull car racing cap and a t-shirt Image 4: Portrait of Daryl with mastouche with words 'Day 12', the Movember logo formed by text and a mastouche drawing. Daryl is wearing a business shirt Image 5: Portrait of Daryl with slight mastouche with words 'the salt and pepper one', the Movember logo formed by text and a mastouche drawing. Daryl is wearing a t-shirt Image 6: Daryl clean shaven wearing a suit]
15.01.2022 Celebrating the recent settlement of my block of land by mowing the nature strip and a picnic of my own piece of Australia with glass of Prosecco Had trouble popping the cork but I got there A big thank you to my Dad for spraying the build up of weeds also... Also handy to have a bus stop on my doorstep, though as I will be only a short walk from the Bendigo CBD walking will be my primary form of local transport (Daniel) [Image Description: Collage containing Daniel mowing the nature strip with a bus shelter in the background at the top of the photo, then two photos at the bottom of Daniel popping the cork of the bottle of Prosecco, sitting at a small table containing nibblies. There is an old weatherboard house behind a green Colourbond fence]
13.01.2022 A big Happy Father’s Day to my Dad! This preschool image of me represents my struggle to make sense of what is happening and how my Dad has helped me to adapt to a world that’s not necessarily Autism friendly. My childhood would be described as me watching the world around me but not being able to participate Dad has been and continues to be an amazing advocate for my needs. However, he has also helped me live and adapt in a world that isn’t built for Autism. He’s helped me ...adapt to changes of routine, see things from the non-Autistic perspective and given me the skills I need to be part of the world I live in ‘Happy Father’s Day’! Love Daniel. [Image Description: Black and white photo of Daryl lifting a young Daniel with a bowl shaped haircut, framed by a hole in a piece of playground equipment shaped like a sun. A banner on the top of the photo says ‘Happy Father’s Day Daniel’s Dad’ in a purple and orange script font. Speaking Insights logo at bottom of image]
13.01.2022 Autism - different NOT broken! [Image Description: Two different types of yellow flowers arranged together. One type of flower on the left of the phone has a brown centre. Another type of flower on the right of the photo has a yellow centre. Photo is overlaid with purple and orange coloured text 'Autism - different NOT broken!' on white banner at the top of the image. At the bottom of the photo is the Speaking insights logo with a purple speech bubble and the words 'Speaking Insights' in orange and blue text]
10.01.2022 Introducing Autism Actually! Autism Actually is a consultancy and mentoring business founded by Shadia Hancock, an Autistic young adult. Shadia runs this business with their mother Jane (also an educator) and fellow Autistic self-advocate and support worker, Brittany Anderson. There are parallels with Speaking Insights in that both businesses share the Autism journey from various perspectives. Autism Actually promote a ‘positive mindset’ about Autism ‘through accepting and e...Continue reading
09.01.2022 Both kaiko Competitions draw time! See video for both of the winners of Speaking Insights tickets and the magic block board game ! Huge congratulations to the winners
06.01.2022 As we work towards putting 2020 behind us and start planning for 2021, we would love to hear from you. Where would you like us to bring "From Diagnosis to O.A.M. - A Personal Autism Journey" in 2021? [Image Description:... Speaking Insights logo formed by a purple speech bubble and the words 'Speaking Insights' at top of page. Text: 'Where would you like to see us in 2021! As we step up our planning for 2021, Daniel and Daryl would love to hear from you. Where would you like us to bring "From Diagnosis to O.A.M. A Personal Autism Journey"? Suitable for families, educators & other professionals! Presenting from lived experience Please comment in our feed, message us or you can email us [email protected] www.speakinginsights.com.au' Image of Daniel and Daryl speaking in a hall in background of image]
05.01.2022 Speaking Insights Q&A 2.30 - 3.30 pm AEST Saturday 5 September 2020
04.01.2022 Just a few days to go until our next webinar featuring a special appearance by Leash Giles giving a siblings perspective of her autism journey plus our From Diagnosis to O.A.M. - A Personal Autism Journey session. Tickets available at www.trybooking.com/BLACE
04.01.2022 It’s Daniel’s birthday today so I thought I would share a few photos showing the different sides of Daniel. I’ve included his leadership in the autism community, some of the acknowledgments of his community service, his advocacy work as we tour with Speaking Insights, a snippet of some of our travels and the people we have met along the way and also some of the fun side that not everyone gets to see. Daniel & I miss hitting the road and meeting all the wonderful people alon...g our journey and COVID-19 has certainly been more than a challenge for Daniel at times but I am so proud at how he has worked to overcome this and remain mostly positive. Keep on spreading the hope, understanding and joy that you bring to the world Daniel. I couldn’t be more proud of the young man you have grown to be. (Despite the little shit you used to be * that’s a private joke between father and son and I can picture Daniel as he reads this, buckled over in laughter saying Daaaaadd ) Happy Birthday Daniel. Have an amazing day and I can’t wait to watch on as you create more amazing memories. Love you mate! Daniel’s Dad
04.01.2022 Getting to know Daniel! - Independent Living (or Interdependent Living?) I’ve been living independently since the age of 20, or as fellow self-advocate Dr Stephen Shore says, we’re really interdependent. To help me prepare for independence, my family involved me with the household chores. I helped with household cleaning and mowed the lawns....Continue reading
03.01.2022 Happy Birthday to my late Mother, Janene! In my childhood, my mum was an amazing advocate for me. She would write a profile about my needs to show school staff, therapists, carers and others involved in looking after me. She included a drawing of me. She created a book containing her drawings and cut-outs from catalogues of various objects and scenes as a reference guide to familiar objects. It was a tool to help me develop my speech and helping me better understand the world... around me. Mum created a duplicate copy of the book in case it was loss, including redrawing the catalogue cutouts by hand. She also volunteered at my special school, especially by contributing her artwork and joining us on school excursions. I deeply appreciated that opportunity to spend time with her and she was a comfort to me when I wasn’t enjoying the noise of our school’s mini bus. She was one to celebrate my progress also, evident in the comments of our school journals. She helped prepare me for new situations also, including writing social stories to help me prepare for the fact that I would no longer wear nighttime nappies when I turned 8 years old. Sadly my mum experienced a long-term illness during my childhood and died when I was just 8 years old. I am so thankful however for that she contributed to my life and believe she continues to encourage me from heaven. (Daniel) [Image Descriptions: Image 1: Daniel and his mum with their feet in the water at the beach in Geelong with a jetty like structure in the background. White banner on top saying ‘Happy Birthday Daniel’s Mum’. Speaking Insights logo formed by a purple speech bubble and the words 'Speaking Insights' on bottom of image Image 2: Daniel and his mum floating miniature paper boats in Kennington Reservoir Image 3: Line drawing of three trains including a Victorian Railways diesel locomotive, a steam engine and a railcar. Image 4: Line drawing of Chinese Dragon by Daniel’s mum, with red glitter, round blue and silver glittery balls and fluorescent pink, orange and yellow dots added by Daniel. Image 5: Daniel sitting next to his mum in a red pagoda at Bendigo’s Chinese Gardens]
