philosophy
For time immemorial the nature of human consciousness has been discussed and debated. I have spoken at length about neuronormativity and neuroqueer theory, positioning the Self as a moving target that grows and changes dependent on it's cultural and environmental context, socially constructed by those we interact with.
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Neurodiversity
The date is April 2nd, 2023. This means another World Autism Day (part of the wider Autism Acceptance Month) has arrived, and as the month progresses, we will, as a community, share in the triumphs and comfort one another in our losses. This month can be a bitter tasting pill
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Neurodiversity
The above scene is quite poinient to the topic of this article. Here we have Rogue, a mutant who kills everything she touches, and Storm, who can control the weather. One might be forgiven for not necessarily seeing the connection between this and Autistic experience, but it is in fact
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Neuroqueer Theory
There is a bitter irony as I begin to write this post. What many of you will not know is how I became a blogger. I wrote for an immensely popular outlet, I won't name them, but they support Autism Speaks. I think just based on that, you
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Autistic Rights
Let me start by being candid. This is the third time in the past seven days that I have had to write an article like this. We've had an expose on the inhuman treatment of Autistic people in psychiatric inpatient units and let's not forget that
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disability
Today, I came across an article by The Guardian that raises a life-threatening issue. It seems that due to a 350% increase in referrals for autism diagnosis amongst children since the pandemic, NHS managers have moved the goal posts and added extra criteria to meet before a child can be
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