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The Challenge Ahead…

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

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An Autistic Guide To Navigating Drinks-With-Friends 

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.

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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. 

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The Inevitable Fidget Spinner Post

For every person who complains about how annoying they find this new fad, I will shoot back that it’s a lot less annoying than a twenty-five year old woman descending into meltdown in a public space.

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CSP – my incredibly unsexy stim

I’ve never talked about this particular stim before, or considered it as a ‘stim’ in the same way I class my other stims. It’s one of those ‘ew gross’ actions that you try to keep hidden from the rest of the world.

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Brexit: An Autistic Experience

I’m not here to talk about why I desperately do not want to leave the EU. This post is about what is going on in my head as we hurtle towards this seismic change.

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Warbling and wobbling

I love singing. If I had my way, I would spend at least 95% of the time…