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Changing the Face of Autism – Video
Posted on September 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
Introducing Changing the Face of Autism: Here Come the Girls. A unique documentary looking at the female autism profile, filmed by females on the spectrum.
ARCHIVED – Sexism in female autism research?
Posted on March 7, 2015 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 […]
ARCHIVED – ‘Don’t believe everything you think’: Accepting different realities
Posted on July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 […]
ARCHIVED – Autism and Mental Health: A National Autism Society Conference
Posted on June 18, 2014 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 […]
ARCHIVED – “We’re all going on a (autistic) summer holiday…”
Posted on May 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. As an adult I have always found the concept of ‘holidaying’ a bit strange, maybe it is because the whole point of a holiday is to get […]
ARCHIVED – ‘It’s just emotions’: Experiencing feelings as an Aspertypical
Posted on March 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 […]
ARCHIVED – Eating Disorders and Autism
Posted on September 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
ARCHIVED – The Borderline of Asperger’s: The similarities and differences between Borderline Personality Disorder and Autism
Posted on June 12, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 […]
ARCHIVED – Autism Art Therapy: no artistic talent necessary
Posted on April 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
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?), […]
ARCHIVED – 4 Not So Typical Neurotypical Brothers – Does autism run in families?
Posted on March 27, 2013 Leave a Comment
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 2011 The National institute of Mental Health reported a 19% chance of parents with autistic children having subsequent autistic children. Upon reading this statistic I am […]
Dr Hannah Louise Belcher 