About Me
\nI first started writing a few books to raise awareness about child abuse and its impact later on in life, using my childhood experience as a case study.
\nI have since gone on to become a children’s author, writing picture books for nursery and primary school children.
\nI found a safe haven in creative writing and using animals as main characters, especially after my equine therapy, which supported my recovery from PTSD.
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Availability
\nI am available to schools to provide the following services:
\nTalks
\nReading
\nInterviews
\nWorkshops
\nBook signing with discounted prices
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Fiction Books
\nMy fiction children's picture books, are written to help children express their uniqueness and build the necessary life skills to help with motivation and resilience.
\nEach book tells the story using special animal characters, including bears.
\nThe stories are also very funny, but do in a soft way, bring out a positive life skill, most importantly - ‘to be yourself’.
\nI have three picture books due out in the coming year:
\nMr Sloth Crosses The Road
\nhttps://www.austinmacauley.com/book/mr-sloth-crosses-road
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Boris The Honey Badger
\nBoris The Honey Badger saves The Day.
\nI am really hoping that these books will be a child's companion in their walk through the early years of life.
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Non Fiction Books
\nA broken Children: A true Story of Abuse- A Recovery Guide
\nHow To Escape Your Abuser
\nWhen you have been abused, you do not know what love really means. All you know is abuse and terror. When people do eventually show love, it is difficult to understand why. Love does not make sense to an abused child. Did you know that? Trust is another challenge; it is so hard to trust anybody. Having been abused myself, I found it very difficult to trust anybody, even my parents. Not being believed was another concern - I was afraid that I would never be believed. This fear grew even more when I had to give evidence in court. Even the lawyers did not believe me until I exposed all the injuries on my head, having to remove my wig. There were over eight of them. It was shocking. But there is hope for an abused victim. You can live again…
\nI am a survivor of horrific, grievous bodily harm and child abuse. I have over sixty injuries and scars all over my body. There are six on my face and eight on my head which are visible to the naked eye, all at the hands of my parents, most especially my mother.
\nI have been very resilient over the years, carrying the wounds, the pain and heartache, but through it all, I have been able to forgive my parents and move on with my life. I don't consider myself a victim but a victor. My faith in God has played a major role in my recovery from abuse. 'Having suffered abuse doesn't mean you have to be an abuser yourself' is my motto.
\nI am still alive. I have been able to get an education and study up to Doctorate level, thus proving that it is possible to move on with life, despite being abused.
\nTherapy and Recovery For Abused Victims - Children and Adults
\nI am responsible for Adverse Childhood Experiences-ACEs recovery workshops, helping build resilience and emotional regulation in young people. These workshops can take place within school or within the after school curriculum. It takes place for two hours a week, where recovery is step by step. It is great to see positive results.
\nNow a qualified and accredited counsellor and CBT Therapist, I provide free sessions to the vulnerable victims of abuse requiring therapy.
\nChildren Books & Workshops
\nI am also presently spending my free time to write children's books. I believe that they will help children between the ages of 4-9 to build character, motivation and boost self esteem for the future.
\nI am available and can organise workshops, virtual or in person, to help school children to write short stories and to get their books published.
\nSupport For Vitamin D Parents Accused of Physical Abuse
\nAs a health Advocate, I support parents who have been accused of abuse and who do not understand their way around the medical system, or how to fight and prove their innocence, by providing supporting evidence through medical laboratory investigations.
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I have had a few radio and TV interviews:
\n2011
\nDr Lydia Taiwo will be interviewed on Premier Radio tomorrow at 11.20am for the Woman to Woman show - she'll be talking about the second installment of her memoirs A Broken Childhood and her campaigning work around child abuse issue.
\n2015/16 BBC
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2018 BBC
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2019 UCB
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