Neurodiversity
I would be lying if I said I was not somewhat inspired by the fact that it is Valentine's day today. It's a day that gets mixed responses from the Autistic community. Relationships are often a touchy subject for us. We live in a world that
Mental Health
As I discussed in my recent article about co-occurring conditions, the diagnostic process in psychiatry is inherently flawed on the basis that we have failed to find any meaningful relationship between the so-called "symptoms" of psychiatric conditions, and physical biomarkers which can be measured. Despite this lack of
Neuroqueer Theory
It's a very poorly kept secret that many people who are given a diagnosis of autism also meet the criteria for a diagnosis of ADHD. One could be forgiven for assuming this means that people who meet the criteria for both (often termed AuDHD) have two co-occurring conditions.
philosophy
"I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention if only one can first conceive of doing so." Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The neurodiversity movement is predicated on three deceptively simple ideas: