Is Autism an Identity? There’s a big difference between saying “an autistic person” and “a person with autism”. By and
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Overwhelm Overwhelm is a common experience for many autistic people. Neurotypical people experience it too from time to time, but
Misconceptions about autism H.L. Mencken wrote these words, which seem particularly true when it comes to autism: There is
Metaphors I recently wrote a piece about Autistic Focus which was basically an extended metaphor written by an autistic person
Can Autistic People do Empathy? At one level, the answer is easy. Of course autistic people are capable of empathy!
The world treats a lot of the things I find easy as unusual or difficult. And it treats a lot
Dear John, So I’ve said that I’ve learnt lots of skills and so on, so that I don’t come across
The AutisM spectrum Autism is usually talked about as a spectrum disorder. That’s because it isn’t a simple condition that
What is Neurodivergence? It’s sometimes unkind to assume that everyone is like us. Here’s an example. How many legs do people
Dear John, You’ve already noticed that you aren’t “normal”, or “neurotypical” as we’d say now. You usually try to describe