It’s always disappointing to see the same problems occurring in the media around mental health, and especially neurodivergence. Not only were there a number of factual errors, but the very people meant to help us have made clear their ignorance.
Category Archives: autism
You are not a burden. You have been burdened.
It’s time to put the blame where it belongs – on the system that set you up to fail.
The Darkest Night had it’s Dawn
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise” – Victor Hugo
A list of things that are associated with Autism or ADHD – Pt 1 – Co-ordination and Vision
I wanted this to be a short summary – I meant to finish this blog a long time ago. Turns out a lot of stuff is related – this is just part 1.
How did I even survive and learn?
No wonder there’s no advice or methods that work for me… how do you teach someone like this?
I am an autodidact by need.
My Adult Autism Diagnosis Process (New Zealand)
This was an awful process. It should not be this hard.
Classical Medicine & Mental Health
What if the answers for improving mental health were in a book written over a millennia old…
Reflections on Color the Spectrum & My Future Autistic Advocacy
I tried my best. I will be less compromising in future. I understand hating what I did – I empathise completely.
Denial of my Autonomy – The Price of Masking
Picking up the pieces of a lack of autonomy.
Autistic Acceptance Month – Acceptance Means…
Acceptance means so many things.
