Tag: neurodivergent
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Feeling The World Differently.
Exploring the ways that autism changes the way that I feel and hear and see the world. Autism as it really is, and as it really isn’t.
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Why didn’t anyone tell me that being different was ok?
Trigger warning – at first I was confused and scared and unable to see the positives of being me. Now, 5 years on, I write and present and coach in order to challenge and change the myths, the misconceptions and the misunderstanding. I now know that so many of us feel and see and hear…
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My autiphany
I’d like to talk to you about realising that I am autistic. My autiphany if you like. And just to add a small trigger warning here. Not all of this will be jolly because I want to be honest. I’d be disingenuous if I pretended that initially I was pleased. In fact, I was probably…
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Feeling The World Differently
I have no idea how you see and hear and feel the world around you. I have no idea about how it really is because I am not you. From words shared and experiences divulged I might figure out that the pain I feel if I stub my toe, is the same, or at least…
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Do we want to be different or equal or both?
Martijn Dekker created Independent ‘Living on the Autistic Spectrum ‘in 1996, with the hope and intention of inclusivity and open debate and discussion and understanding. In the 2019 book ‘Autism: A New Introduction to Psychological Theory and Current Debate’ Happé and Watson report that he reluctantly concluded that when hoping to meet and belong to…
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What’s this thing like? Do I have it? How would I know? ( I keep being asked if there is a list.)
I know that those are very controversial questions and use lots of nouns and verbs that are deemed unacceptable. I know that it is not a disease and that it would be preferable if it wasn’t spoken about in this way. But the truth is, that often it is, and often by people who are…
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Autism and empathy. Another myth that we need to get rid of.
Autism and empathy – too much of it actually!
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Would a translation guide be helpful?
Switch to draftViewUpdate Let me try and translate. During a recent training day which focussed on the presentation of girls and women with Autism, Tony Attwood discussed what he calls ‘the Italian traffic lights.’ Just as Italian drivers often seem to fail to recognise the red light, so autistic girls and women often don’t see…
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Autism, ADHD and a wonderfully different way of seeing, and hearing, and feeling the world.
Let’s dispel some of the myths, misconceptions and misunderstanding! Well after lots of kind words of encouragement I have decided to talk some more about my autistic brain and the way I see things. If me talking about this helps more girls and women to not have to wait over 50 years to recognise themselves,…
Autism ADHD and so much more. 