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I miss the Bustle
Here is the situation, I am not able to leave my house to work. That is the simple problem living in this situation. While others my age swanned off to university, clubbing the nights away and getting...
View ArticleNormal
I wrote in my blog last week about ‘missing the bustle’ of everyday life, the rushed through routine that my body seems to rely on. This is something which I would think a lot of other Aspies like me...
View ArticleThe Autistic Senses of Self and Agency.
This essay is an exploration of how the autistic senses of agency and self are diminished by various mechanisms, and how this diminution leads to the psychological problems of anxiety and panic...
View ArticleWorn Out
“Have a cup of tea.” Says a helpful voice, carefully placing a cardboard mug next to me on the grass floor. It’s the third festival I’ve been to with my Dad, by this time we have worked up a routine of...
View ArticleMy Attitude to Autism
“It would have been so easy,” Mum says, “just to say ‘oh, she’s Autie’, on so many occasions.” We’re talking about how Mum and Dad have pushed me through the years, not to be normal, but so I would do...
View ArticleLiving for the HEATWAVE!
I went round to give my boyfriend a hand with some DIY this morning and he invited me in for a natter, as he wasn’t ready to start yet. So 10 minutes in, I begin getting twitchy. Why? I’m looking out...
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Flow Unlocked: an interim reflection
An artist’s reflection on co-devising a participatory project which seeks to highlight the importance of relationships to autistic people, while investigating the questions of co-authorship and...
View ArticleElastigirl: The Autistic Zebra
My name is Meredith and I am an 18 year old student. I have autism, dyspraxia, functional neurological disorder, chronic migraines, various still being diagnosed neurological symptoms, idiopathic...
View ArticleWhy Autism eugenics is everybody’s business
“Spectrum 10K”, an autism study billed as the largest of its kind in the UK, has been launched. The very community at the heart of it are petitioning for it to be halted, but the wider implications...
View ArticleNDSA Project Manager job description
Neurodiverse Self Advocacy Partnership CIC is a non-profit social enterprise dedicating to helping autistic people to realise their potential and achieve their goals. We are running a self-help...
View ArticleNeurodivergence and LGBTQIA+
A comprehensive study involving more than 600,000 individuals revealed that people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times more likely to be autistic than...
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