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March 30, 20181Comments

The Autistic cost of travel

In this blog post from 2018 Kieran considers how exhausting travel can be for Autistic people and asks you to consider how even a short trip can need meticulous planning
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March 27, 20180Comments

What happens after an autism diagnosis? A perspective on diagnosis

What happens after your (or you child's) autism diagnosis? In this article Kieran Rose explains his perspective of what an autism diganosis means and what support there is. As a parent
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March 26, 20181Comments

A Family of Diversity

All families are diverse, all families have ebbs and flows where one individual's needs are greater than the others.  Recognising that and allowing each other to take the time and
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March 23, 20182Comments

A Parent of Autism

Kieran Rose. The Autistic Adovcate explains why you are not a 'parent of Autism' but a parent of an Autistic child. WHO Do You Parent? Look at the title of
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February 14, 20180Comments

The curious case of the National Autistic Society and ‘cures’

This article looks at the controversy surrounding the National Autistic Society and their stance on 'cures' for Autism. I have a quandary of immense proportions. Over the last few weeks, a
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February 8, 201821Comments

An Autistic Diagnosis

An overview of receiving an adult autism diagnosis. Written by Kieran Rose, The Autistic Advocate, who was late diagnosed at 23. “To be blunt, ultimately, most people don’t give a shit
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January 7, 20185Comments

An Autistic Education

In this article Kieran Rose explores his own childhood experience of education. He considers how autism is understood in schools and reflects on the experience of his own children. “School is
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December 6, 20172Comments

The mess of Autism

  There is a big pile confusion over Asperger’s, Autism and functioning labels (High and Low) that cause many difficulties for Parents.  This is just a short and sweet one, but
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December 6, 20174Comments

I look back at my parents and wonder: How did they miss me?

A deeply personal article from Kieran Rose, The Autistic Advocate, discussing the trauma stemming from his parents not seeing him as Autistic child. I look around at my life now and
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December 1, 20170Comments

Parents, try #AskingAutistics

I spend a lot of time on this Blog urging Parents of Autistic people to seek us out to get the answers to questions that other parents and certainly 'Professionals'
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