Asperger’s Syndrome: What’s in a name?
What Is the difference between Autism and Aspergers? Let's look at the 'Asperger's Syndrome' label and how it fits in the current Autism narrative. Amongst all the different diagnoses around Autism,
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Identity
An Autistic Identity
Exploring the importance of identity and how the medical model of autism and societal views towards autism have a huge negative impact on identity,
What is Autism?
This is a question that’s asked over and over but actually, when you dig beneath the surface, it’s actually very rarely answered. (This article was reviewed and significantly updated in 2024) ‘What
What are Learning Disabilities?
Not to be confused with what are termed in the UK as Learning Difficulties (Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia etc), a Learning Disability is described as something that affects how someone learns
An Autistic Invalidation
The quote on the attached image is a real one. Words spoken by a young Autistic to their Mother. This person had been crippled by spending years Masking, fighting to fit
An Autistic Frequency (Stimming)
In this blog from 2018 Kieran talks about Stimming which is something many autistic people do. I've put off writing about this for a long time. To be honest I've dreaded it. Stimming... Everyone