A year ago, I had the privilege of joining three other autistic women to film a segment for a Channel 4 documentary.
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Ruminations at a Graveside: Autistic Curiosity on Death and Dying
Because we live in a culture that doesn't talk about death, I am innately curious. It's the ultimate unspoken thing -final, unchangeable, ridiculous - that my brain wants to unpack and understand.
The Challenge Ahead…
The next week (or so) has been bequeathed from hell to challenge me.
Liebster Award 2018!
The Liebster Award is designed to encourage connections between bloggers. So let's get connecting!
Autistic Women and The Courageous Act Of Being Not Okay
As women, we are taught that we must shoulder the emotional burden of being okay. As autistic women, the burden of okayness becomes even heavier. We are always okay. Except when we aren't.
Thinking Unthinkable Thoughts: The Fear Of Losing My Mum
My mum is and always has been my safe place to fall. And as I get older, I'm becoming more and more aware that some day I won't have her there.
The Disabled Dog and The Autistic Blogger
He goes through so much and is still the happiest creature. It's like we were meant to find each other. We both struggle. And we know how to look after each other.
Forced Socialisation (and the toilet-door graffiti that saved me from it)
But why, oh why, was I locked in a toilet doing my 'calming down' checklist in the middle of the afternoon? Two words: forced socialisation.
Please Don’t Hit Your Kids
I'm 26 now, and I still smack myself in the legs when the world gets too much. Do you really want to take that risk?
Autistic Adventures In Ageing (an obligatory birthday blog)
Seeing Norbert Neurotypical - with his banking job and his wife and his baby and his mortgage and his vegetable couscous lunch - just makes me feel like a fraud playing at being an adult .
