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Today is Autistic Pride Day: Let’s celebrate our diversity
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Today is Autistic Pride Day: Let's celebrate our diversity
I have been active in the Autistic community for some years now. I have come to realise that autism as a diagnosis has been somewhat of a failed experiment. Diagnostic models have failed to capture the intricacies of what they dub "autism spectrum disorder". A lot of the
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CAMHS refusal to work with Autistic children violates ethical standards created by the House of Commons
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CAMHS refusal to work with Autistic children violates ethical standards created by the House of Commons
If you are unaware of current issues with CAMHS, you can catch up by visiting my CAMHS Crisis resource page. However, the cliff noted version is this; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are turning away Autistic children and young people from their services. This is very unethical, but
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Autistic people are dying early; medical perceptions of pain are contributing
Autistic Wellbeing
Autistic people are dying early; medical perceptions of pain are contributing
I recently posted about Autistic people and the expression of pain. One thing that has become clear to me is that not only do we not have the same relationship with pain as non-Autistic people, people in the wider environment constantly invalidate that relationship because they don't want
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The link between autism and Queerness
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The link between autism and Queerness
The other day I live recorded a podcast episode about neurodivergence and queerness. In it, we discussed the fact that Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people are more likely to be Queer/2SLGBTQIA+. The discussion was very good, and we really got into some of our experiences. It's no
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Queer Pride Special!
David with Tanya Adkin and Charlie Hart (AKA Ausome Charlie)
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Identity and the politicisation of human existence
The litigation of existence
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