Missing What Others Catch

Missing What Others Catch

I thought I’d share the image below, which expresses a summary of autistic neurology from Annie Kotowicz on facebook. The author elsewhere describes her favourite way to think of autism as: ‘I miss what others catch and catch what others miss.’ That...
Living Apart Together

Living Apart Together

This is a great article on Living Apart Together over at Goodhousekeeping of all places! My Partner and I Are “Living Apart Together” and Our Relationship Is All the Better for It Every Monday, I wake up at 5:45 am and I drive, half-asleep, to a local pool...
The Psychology of Fetish and Kink

The Psychology of Fetish and Kink

I am looking forward to attending this event: A recent study in the UK found that approximately 50% of adults reported having a fetish or kink. Despite their prevalence, they are often shrouded in taboo and misunderstanding. In this talk you will learn about the...
SocialSKills Training

SocialSKills Training

Why Social Skills Programs Don’t Work Conventional social skills programs for Autistic and neurodivergent children have been used for decades in an attempt to “normalize” kids and – let’s face it-  extinguish Autistic traits. They are built upon a...
Is an Open Relationship Right for You?

Is an Open Relationship Right for You?

Given it’s source (Brides), this article is really not too bad – Is an Open Relationship Right For You? We’ve Got the Answers. The reason I word it that way is because most articles we read online end up being veiled warnings about the risks of Open...
Monotropism

Monotropism

Fergus Murray, autistic science teacher and writer, shares his thoughs on the monotropism theory of autism, partly developed by his mother: Autism is still widely seen as mysterious  –  so much so that the most widely recognised symbol of it (unpopular in the autistic...
10 Tips for Parents New to Autism

10 Tips for Parents New to Autism

Did you just find out your child is autistic? Here are 10 tips for anyone who is new to understanding autism and autistic people. Please note that these are general guidelines. Every autistic person is different and can have different sensory and/or communication...
Why I Don’t Teach Social Skills

Why I Don’t Teach Social Skills

One of the more common requests I received in the early days of working with organisations, schools and families was to teach social skills to autistic children. So, I thought it might be helpful to explain why my answer is a firm NO. Unfortunately, when many parents,...
Are We Giving Autistic Children PTSD From School?

Are We Giving Autistic Children PTSD From School?

This is an important article to read over at Psychology Today. Very often, professionals will work with neurodivergent children to do whatever they can to get children to attend school. It is often only as a last resoirt that they consider that school – in its...
Non-Autistic Social Skills

Non-Autistic Social Skills

I’ve just read a valuable post (over at the Autistic Science Person blog) on Non-autistic social skills. At first, I thought it was going to be a little tongue-in-cheek, but it is actually both gracious and enlightening. If you haven’t got time to read the...