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ARCHIVED – Individual differences in autism


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. I think the fundamental problem of why we cannot understand the difference between males and females with autism is because we look at the condition as a […]

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ARCHIVED – Sexism in female autism research?


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. When I started on my PhD voyage over 18 months ago I had to make a number of choices to refine my research topic. I have 3-5 […]

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ARCHIVED – CBT for Autism: Teaching the blind to see?


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. “How does that make you feel?” “How do you cope with that?” “What is it that makes you anxious?” “Are you Catastrophising?” “Have you tried mentalizing?” “Where […]

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ARCHIVED – ‘Don’t believe everything you think’: Accepting different realities


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. The hardest part of watching my Nanna fall deeper and deeper into a Parkinson’s Dementia is not the hallucinations she has or the alternative reality she has […]

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ARCHIVED – Autism and Mental Health: A National Autism Society Conference


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. For a couple of years now I have been grappling with the topic of mental illness and autism, both personally and now professionally in my research. So […]

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ARCHIVED – ‘It’s just emotions’: Experiencing feelings as an Aspertypical


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. I have learnt to accept that trying to think about your emotions and work out what you are feeling to an autistic person is like trying to […]

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ARCHIVED – ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ on the Stage


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.In 2012 the award winning bestselling novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ transformed itself on stage, sweeping up an impressive 7 Olivier Awards in […]

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ARCHIVED – Eating Disorders and Autism


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. Five times more girls with anorexia scored into the autism range and well over half with ‘broader autism phenotype’, meaning they have some similar traits. This was […]

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ARCHIVED – The Borderline of Asperger’s: The similarities and differences between Borderline Personality Disorder and Autism


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. Emotionally charged meltdowns, intense relationships, superficial friendships, miscommunications and incorrectly assumed intentions. A lot of autistic people could identify with this list. An equal number of those […]

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ARCHIVED – Autism Art Therapy: no artistic talent necessary


ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. “A picture can paint a thousand words and bla bla bla…”, have you ever actually tried drawing your words or your feelings (what the hell are those?), […]

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