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ARCHIVED – My Age of Autism Anxiety
Posted on December 18, 2014 Leave a Comment
“What is anxiety?” was one of the top Google searches of 2014. Anxiety affects almost everyone at some time in their lives, from pre exam jitters to full blown can’t leave the house agoraphobia and panic attacks. We can all relate to some extent to the physical pit of your stomach nerves that run like […]
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ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 – ‘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ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 – 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ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 – Therapy for Autism
Posted on December 6, 2012 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ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology.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 the past 7 years I have been overly indulged in therapy, so much so that at one point it felt like a full time job. When […]
Dr Hannah Louise Belcher 