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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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
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
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
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
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'
How to Hide Your Autism
In this this highly emotive article Kieran Rose explains what Autistic Masking is; leaning on his personal experiences. Trigger Warning - this article discusses suicide attempts. If you are the parent of
Safe places online for Parents of Autistic children and Autistic people to learn about Autism
If you're of a certain age or younger, I'm betting that a significant portion of your time is spent on Facebook. I'm also betting that either the moment you had an
Talking Without Words: Communication, Culture, Autism and How I Needed Someone to Tell Me that it Was Okay to Be Me
When I was young, I used to drag a chair from my bedroom all the way across the landing, and stand on it, looking out of the window onto the