Tag: asc
When Everything is Difficult – World Mental Health Day
It seems appropriate, on this World Mental Health Day, to admit that I’m struggling.
An Autistic Guide to Navigating Transport Issues
It was a crushing, overpopulated corner of hell, and I promised myself I would never go into the situation again unarmed.
I was born to work in an office
I accept that this isn’t the kind of grandiose statement the great poets of our time will write songs about. But it is a huge, empowering revelation for me.
Clickbait Headline Culture – and why I’m angry about it
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.
There’s too much to blog about!
There’s too much to write about, to think about, to be worried about. And it can be so overwhelming that I end up unable to do anything.
An Open Letter to PETA
You claim to be against cruelty. And yet you will stand by and abet the cruelty that neurodiverse people face every day.
Sorry Not Sorry
I feel obliged to give constant apologies for existing as a neurodiverse person in a neurotypical world.
An ode to scarves and survival
In the end, there was simply too much to talk about. So I’ve decided to talk about scarves.
The Autistic Hive Mind (or the inconvenient lack thereof)
I hate to burst anyone’s bubbles, but I do not speak for the Autistic community.
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye…
I sobbed as I delivered my speech. It was so cliche, I might as well have broken into a teary rendition of ‘For Good’. But it was all true.