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#DoctorsAreDickheads isn’t attacking the NHS – it’s giving it an opportunity

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

These hashtags should not be seen as harmful to the NHS. Instead, they should be seen as an opportunity to listen to patients, listen to disability activists, and instigate reform that could change the NHS for the better.

‘The Paralympics Paradox’ – how it hurts disabled people

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

In an age where cuts to support are justified by shifting the goalposts of 'need' , the Paralympics are held up as an example of what all disabled people 'could' achieve with a little bit of spunk and a can-do attitude.

Liebster Award 2018!

February 25, 2018March 5, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / 2 Comments

The Liebster Award is designed to encourage connections between bloggers. So let's get connecting!

The Scapegoating of Neurodivergence

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

Mainstream political concern about mental illness, neurodivergence and the relevant support systems exists only as a cover for calling out white male violence. 

New Year, Same Me

December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

I'm still nervous about the global political climate, I'm still full of emotional turmoil, and I'm still going to be blogging about both of those things.

Why I Don’t Wear The Red Poppy

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

A century later, arms companies hold remembrance day events, paying with money steeped in the very red the poppies on their lapels bade them never spill again.

Clickbait Headline Culture – and why I’m angry about it

September 18, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

I have lost count of the times a headline has flashed with a tagline that sets my heart racing and none of the details I need to actually understand the situation.

General Election 2017: a queerly autistic plea for humanity

June 7, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

I'm scared that, on Friday morning, I will have to talk people down from killing themselves. And I'm scared that I will fail to talk people down from killing themselves. 

General Election 2017: You deserve to be heard

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

I have a voice that deserves to be heard, and, even if the system we work in is determined to stifle that voice, to not vote would have been to stifle my own voice. And I was going to fight against the gag kicking and screaming and biting and gouging.

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