Ann's Autism Blog

Monday, 12 October 2015

More fair - the hidden side of autism

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Very good to see researchers observing the positives of autism. They note that autistic children tend to play more fairly with others, and ...
Friday, 9 October 2015

Autism: Why 'nice' is irrelevant for pain responses.

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I get some strange ideas from people, sometimes. One is that if autistic people like me are scared, it must be because we're paranoid,...
Sunday, 27 September 2015

Really naughty behaviour around autism

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There is a huge organisation elsewhere in the world which alleges to act for autistic people.  It has a lot of very very wealthy donors, an...
Friday, 25 September 2015

Autistic Law Abiding and the Media

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Today has seen another flurry of news reports about autism.  Unfortunately, they have been about a young man who has a very specific severe ...
Thursday, 24 September 2015

Autistic Faith and God

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Before I knew that people were people, I knew that God existed, and that I was loved by Him. As a child, I was functionally non-verbal for s...
Monday, 21 September 2015

How To Pick Autistic Clergy

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First of all, let's get in the right mindset for this. Do you have any friends or relatives who are diabetic?  Are there, do you think...
Friday, 18 September 2015

'Vulnerable' does not mean incompetent

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This is such an important one. Anyone can be 'vulnerable'.  Anyone at all.  For example, if someone is a patient at a hospital, or i...
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Autistic autism professional. National and international speaker. Master's and Post Graduate Certificate - autism, with award for research. 30 years of working alongside autistic people across a wide variety of settings. Trainer, consultant, speaker, lecturer. Working with NHS teams as an external adviser. Previous work as charity Trustee and School Governor.. This is a personal blog and does not represent the views of any organisation linked to me. Founder and MD of a Professional Practice for 20 years, now Consultant and researcher to one..
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