Neurodiversity
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) focus on improving the mental health of children and young people but often fail to support Autistic individuals. This leads to high rates of mental health issues and su*cide in Autistic adults. CAMHS failures create a burden on adult mental health
Autism
TW: Restraint, Seclusion, Death Restrictive practice, meant to reduce immediate harm, has evolved into a behavior management tool, commonly seen in schools and mental health settings. Its most prevalent forms include physical restraint, chemical restraint, and segregation, each posing significant ri
disability
The impact of CAMHS failures extends beyond autistic children to their families. Parent carer blame, deeply rooted in history, is perpetuated by neoliberal ideology and institutional practices, leading to distrust and vilification of parents. CAMHS exacerbates this blame, causing detrimental effects
Trauma
This article delves into the persistent challenges faced by Autistic individuals in the UK, particularly in the domains of education and mental health. It highlights the shortcomings of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision and the inadequacy of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Trauma
As of today a new campaign begins. This campaign, names as #ItsNotOkayToNotBeOkay is particularly pertinent to Autistic people. As a community, we have reached a point where psychological distress is treated as though it is a taken-for-granted part of our experience. While previous campaigns have tried to normalise opening up
Neurodiversity
Since the mid to late 2010's, the hashtag #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay has been circulating the Internet a lot. With it came the normalisation of talking about our mental health concerns and the entry of things like depression and anxiety into the everyday lexicon. The issue, however, is that as a
Trauma
On Channel 4 in the UK there is currently a documentary from their dispatches series called "Locked Away: Our autism scandal". This is a very upsetting documentary, and it has made one thing very clear to me. Autistic people are suffering at the hands of an oppressive mental
Neurodiversity
Since this campaign to change the way that CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) treats Autistic children and young people started, I have been blown away by the bravery and commitment to making a difference I have seen. Hundreds of thousands of you have come forward with your own
Trauma
This article is an anonymous guest post I was informally diagnosed with C-PTSD in 2017, aged 41, then formally diagnosed aged 46. I self-identified then was professionally diagnosed Autistic aged 42. I self-identified ADHD aged 44 and diagnosed aged 47. But, how old do you think I was when I
Neurodiversity
I was bullied into a state where I no longer knew what was real or who I could trust. Teachers and students alike did this to me. Is it any surprise I became Schizophrenic?
audhd
Over the years, I have spoken about my experience of psychosis and autism from the perspective of its uniqueness. However, over the last few years, I have come to accept that I am also ADHD, and I feel that addressing the particular intersections at play for AuDHD people experiencing psychosis
Autism
This article is a guest post written by Asher Jenner Some of the content of this article may be triggering I was a happy child until the age of 5 when I went to mainstream school. On the first day of school, I began self-harming and by the end of