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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: Extreme controversy and a fail for ethics

The ethics application feedback for the controversial Spectrum10k study make for an extremely interesting read. Regular readers of my articles will know that I like to platform the words of others.

What world are we preparing for?

Jodie Smitten is a Children's well-being practioner in Wiltshire, England, who works with Autistic children and families of Autistic children. Often that support sadly comes at a time when

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Call for participants: Autistic-led research on Victimisation

I am partnering in a research study with Clinical Psychologist Dr Amy Pearson, of Sunderland University. It's on the subject of Mate crime (which covers crimes of any sort committed on

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Regarding the use of dehumanising rhetoric

I work with a few researchers, but I'm really picky who i associate with and who I'm happy publically being named alongside.It's not because I'm a snob, but it's because

Infinite Autism

After seven years of supporting parents and Autistic people as a full time job for free, something had to give.So Kieran decided to set up Infinite Autism. A Social Enterprise.Kieran

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Kieran Rose, The Autistic Advocate explains this often misunderstood, and misused, term The Neurodiversity Paradigm The Neurodiversity Paradigm describes the notion that all individual humans work in similar ways, but some work

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

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