Celebrating 25 Years Together
25 years ago… Two young people meet on a Greek island in June 2000, spend only 16 hours together and, somehow, they just ‘know’… 25 years later… Those two young people have been
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Autism
Autism and Attachment Theory
Attachment Theory and Autism: I was recently asked why Attachment Theory is so problematic in relation to autistic people and autism. I realised that whilst I'd talked about this in
Is Elon Musk good representation for Autistic people? (and also my thoughts on that ‘was it/wasn’t it salute’)
I was asked a question in my monthly Membership question and answer session a few weeks ago about whether I thought Elon Musk was a 'good representation for Autistic people
What is Neurodiversity?
In this article I explain the concept of the Neurodiversity Paradigm and addresses common misconceptions. (Author Note: In 2019 I wrote an article with the same title as this one.
PRIDA (Participatory Research in Depression and Autism) – Research News
PRIDA (Participatory Research in Depression and Autism) is a research group comprising of Kieran Rose (The Autistic Advocate), Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou, Dr Roslyn Law, Dr Myrofora Kakoulidou, Dr Saul Hillman,
Autism and it’s labels: Disorder and Condition
Disorder or Condition, labels commonly used to describe autism and Autistic people, but why? And what is the impact of them? I've been seeing a lot of questions recently about the
Spectrum10K, Autism, Autistic people and the controversy of SBC
Black and white writing on a yellow background that says: Boycott Spectrum10k #StopSpectrum10K. Next to that writing is an image of 7 people holding a large piece of paper with
Awareness, Performativeness and irony in the Autism narrative
I've just finished reading John Harris' article in The Guardian framed around the theatrical version of 'The reason I jump', Naoki Higashida's famous book about his Autistic experience. You can find
One day they will join us in the sun
This article is about the ground-breaking research: 'Autistic Masking: Understanding the narrative of Stigma and the Illusion of Choice' by Kieran Rose & Dr Amy Pearson. Perspectives that lack knowledge are