Sunday, 10 February 2019

Autism. Is your training from the 1940s?

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In the 1940s, there was some early information about autism.  Most of it was wrong.  Unfortunately, a lot of it is still in the manuals...
Saturday, 9 February 2019

Autistic Children and Toilets: Misunderstanding the Difficulties

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Many autistic children sense the world very differently from how many parents and teachers expect. Above, an example of how an autistic...
Friday, 11 January 2019

Autism: Some Vital Research Links.

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Many autistic people have had a terrible time, for many decades.  Why?  Because of the assumption that autism is a fault that needs fixin...
Tuesday, 1 January 2019

"Nearly all autistic people can write"

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Sometimes I say something radical.  So radical that some out there are shocked.  One of these statements is, "Nearly all autist...
Monday, 31 December 2018

Autistic children being bullied: How to ask & understand

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Most autistic children in schools are bullied at some stage.  We know this from research. We also know that too many of the bullies get...
Saturday, 22 December 2018

Happy Autistic Christmas.

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Tree with red heart ornaments hanging on the branches.  It is winter. There is a church tower in the background, against a blue sky. It ...
Friday, 14 December 2018

Autistic People and Use of the Internet.

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Generalising, the internet was built by autistic people, and it's run by autistic people.  The email systems, the smartphones, the co...