Autistics Against ABA
Today (2nd May 2020), I was asked to write about ABA, providing evidence as to why it should not be promoted. While I’m willing to do this, particularly because I Read more
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An Autistic’s Interests: My reflections about intense interests
Special interests; intense interests; passions; or the judgmental ‘obsessions’. There are a lot of different labels for the things which bring joy to autistic people across the globe. As an
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A letter to Welsh Government regarding the Welsh Coronavirus Guidelines
Press release from us all at Autistic UK-Cymru: To all in the Autistic community, We at Autistic UK Cymru have heard your plea for clarity on the Welsh Government guidelines
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Shopping in the world of Coronavirus: an Autistic’s perspective
For an autistic person, shopping can be a nightmare at the best of times. The fluorescent lights flicker and burn our eyes as they glaringly reflect off the multitude of
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Paper Summary: Anorexia Nervosa in Autistic Women
A new paper regarding autistic women and eating disorders has been published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders entitled ““For me, the Anorexia is Just a Symptom, and
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An Autistic’s Experience of Coronavirus Lockdown
Monday 16th March 2020 was the last day of normalcy my family had before Coronavirus permeated our lives. It had been looming on the horizon, a new threat that only
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The Fallacy of Functioning Labels
Note this was originally written for NCMH and can be found here. I feel it’s appropriate that I’ve sat down to write this piece in April, at the start of
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Breaking News: Another allistic celebrity is doing a TV programme about autism!
Recently the internet has been awash with praise and adulation for ‘brave’ Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine since they announced their documentary about ‘being a [parent] to children with
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World Autism Awareness Day 2018
2020 Edit – I was thinking about removing this post from the site, but I’ve decided against it. I think it’s important to show a learning curve, and prove
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Autism Blog
Autism is something I have first hand experience of as my eldest son is autistic, and since writing this blog post a number of years ago, I have also received