Trauma
Below is a survey on Autistic people and substance use. The aim is to collate data anonymously on the use of drugs and alcohol in the Autistic community, and use that data to write a report that will be published on this website. The hope is that these insights may
Neurodiversity
This article was co-authored between David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin Trigger Warning: Injustice, mental health, systemic oppression, minority stress, fabricated and induced illness, stigma. "The state creates the rules and dictates the processes to be followed: processes that fragment, silo, and compartmentalise, and in doing so, generate the complexity
Autistic Community
Why do interventions such as Applied Behavioural Analysis and Positive Behavioural Support exist? Why is it that our world uses neurotypicality as the standard from which neuronormativity is drawn? Fundamentally, I believe that it comes down to the double empathy problem. Autistic people have a different style of communications to
Autism
What is Autistic joy? Is it different to neurotypical joy? Honestly, I can't answer the second question. I am Autistic, and always have been. The neurotypical mind is a puzzle I can not solve. I can however discuss what is Autistic joy is to me. Inspired by the
Addiction
They say in life that nothing is certain, but if anything is, then it's the fact that shame will deny us entry into recovery. I'm going to consider this from the perspective of addiction recovery, although it applies to recovery from any psychological trauma. I merely
Healthcare
This article is not intended as medical advice, please speak to your prescriber for any medical questions pertaining to medication. This article is something of a survival guide based on my own experiences, other's experiences may differ. Recently I started a new medication on the advice of my
Autistic Rights
April 2nd. It's a day that so many of us dread. For as long as "world autism day" has existed, it is a day where (much like every other day) adherents of the pathology paradigm do their best to drown out the voices of those that
Society
Pride is a peculiar thing. Christianity taught us that it is a sin. Secular society tried desperately to tell us it's redundant. The truth is that it's neither of these things. Those are lies told by a society that desperately wants us to stay quiet. I&
Autistic Rights
Being Autistic is not inherently good or bad, it just is. That's not to say that I am not proud of who I am, and I am most certainly not denying the obstacles I have had to over come. While being Autistic is an inseparable part of my
Autism
Recently I have been reading Authoring Autism by Remi Yergeau. It has really been opening my eyes to the use of rhetoric in the construction of narratives surrounding Autistic people, and has very much inspired me to write this. I am an Autistic person. And yet the world treats me
Neurodiversity
Recently I started talking about a concept I call neuroculture, by discussing the risk of harm to society if the prevailing neuroculture becomes homogenous (find that discussion here). In this discussion, I would like to explore our individual contributions to said neuroculture, and how we can effect change in a
Society
Today I decided to learn about monocultures. A monoculture is an environment in which a single crop is cultivated. The problem with monocultures is that a small change can destabilise the entire thing. This got me thinking about something I call neurocultures. A neuroculture can be considered the culture created