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‘Are You Autistic?’ – Adventures In Filming for Channel 4

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

A year ago, I had the privilege of joining three other autistic women to film a segment for a Channel 4 documentary.

Ruminations at a Graveside: Autistic Curiosity on Death and Dying

March 18, 2018March 19, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

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.

Autistic Women and The Courageous Act Of Being Not Okay

February 11, 2018February 12, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / 2 Comments

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.

Autistic Adventures In Ageing (an obligatory birthday blog)

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / 2 Comments

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 .

My Autistic Headcanons (and why I prefer them to most ‘actually autistic’ characters)

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 3 Comments

These characters were my very own line-up of autistic headcanons. And I identified more with them than I did with the very few characters who were written as 'autistic' from the beginning.

An Autistic Guide to Navigating the Workplace

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

My journey is my journey alone- but I hope that there are some elements of what I have learned that can help. 

‘But what if they’re dead?’ – catastrophisation and the anxiety of loss

July 22, 2017July 24, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

Sometimes, when I wake up at night and my dogs are lying around me, I have to reach out and check they are still breathing.

The Curious Case of The 13th Doctor 

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

I cried. Well, first I squealed. And flapped my hands. A lot. But then I cried.

Dear Mrs O – a letter to my teachers

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 3 Comments

I trust you will share this with the others, as they need to see this as well. You were not the only one. Not by a long way.

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