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Johnny Partridge’s Stripped: Inspiring Me To #TakeTheMaskOff

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

After the dim spiral I had been on in the previous months, which I now recognise as a mixture of depression, and anxiety, and the last sputterings of autistic burnout, this show was exactly what I needed to see.

The Challenge Ahead…

March 12, 2018 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

The next week (or so) has been bequeathed from hell to challenge me. 

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.

Dear Carrie

December 29, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

You are important to us because you are Leia Organa. But you are more important to me because you are Carrie Fisher. 

Autistic ‘Success’: Redefining The Neurotypical Narrative

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

The definition of success seems to depend very much on the frame that you're looking at it through. And the frame of my 'success' is the neurotypical gaze. 

My Memory is Full of Empty Spaces

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

I don't remember much of my childhood. Is this an 'autism' thing, or an 'everyone else experiences this but I can't read or replicate their bullshit' thing?

An Autistic Guide To Navigating Drinks-With-Friends 

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / Leave a comment

I have a major personal conundrum: I enjoy spending time with people I like, but I have a severely limited supply of social energy to do so.

When Anxiety Gets Angry

October 23, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

When neurotypical people talk about anxiety, they're not willing to talk about the other, less sympathetic, manifestations.

When Everything is Difficult – World Mental Health Day

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

It seems appropriate, on this World Mental Health Day, to admit that I'm struggling.

I was born to work in an office

September 21, 2017 / QueerlyAutistic / 1 Comment

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.

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