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...
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...
Thursday, 13 December 2018

Autism: About self-identity, freedom, and human rights.

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Autistic people are asking for freedom and basic human rights. Freedom to be recognised as different.  As worthwhile.  As able to use o...
Friday, 16 November 2018

Autism, School Examinations & Tests

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How do we measure autistic abilities in a meaningful way?  This is a situation that faces most teaching staff, given that 1 in 30 scho...
Saturday, 20 October 2018

Autism - Consent. And about not consenting.

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Content warning for abuse. In the UK this week, newspaper headlines have detailed the life of a young autistic woman.  She is reported ...
Sunday, 14 October 2018

Irresponsible Information: Autism

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Content warning.  I'm going to discuss some really shocking and untrue statements about autism from professionals.  These are ones th...
Saturday, 6 October 2018

Autism, Transgender and Avoiding Tragedy

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Warning for discussion of suicide. Long, happy, healthy lives.  It's something we want for all autistic people, I think we can agre...