mental health awareness month
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Autism and Mental Health: The System Wasn’t Built for Us
What is the systemic relationship between autism and mental health? This article explores why Autistic people struggle to access services.
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Why is it so important for CAMHS to support Autistic children?
Autistic children, much like Autistic adults, live in a world that bombards them with traumatic experiences. There is often a misunderstanding around…
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What is it like to need mental health services when you’re Autistic?
“The first thing you need to understand about specialist mental health services in the UK is that they don’t really use a…
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Mask on, Mask off: How the common understanding of Autistic masking is creating another mask
This post was authored by Tanya Adkin Over the years I’ve been privileged enough to play a part in the discovery journey…
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Why Mental Health Awareness Month is failing Autistic people
“For as long as we’ve existed, psychological distress has been ignored in us. I often think of my own 14 year journey…