wellbeing
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Is mental “illness” actually the brain trying to protect itself?
Up until about a year ago, I still sat firmly in the camp that, while I viewed myself as multiply neurodivergent, I…
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“Just get your sh*t together” and other ridiculous things I have thought
Life is full of ups and downs. My passion in life is helping people climb back from the “downs” into “ups” that…
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Is Autopia possible? Realities of an Autistic homeland
At Aucademy we often talk of a perfect Autistic homeland, affectionately dubbed Autopia. Conceptualised as a place in which all Autistics can…
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Medication stigma and overcoming the shame of societies blame
I was happy to see that Autistic Inclusive Meets have restarted the #ShowUsYourMeds campaign. Campaigns like this are essential in normalising the…
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Creating Autistic suffering: In the beginning there was trauma
This article was co-authored between David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin Trigger Warning: Some of the research quoted in this article contains person-first…
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Apparently Autism needs preventing?
The world is not okay. We are not okay. Autistic people are not okay, S10k has served as a stark reminder that…
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Dystopia: A story of “Autism Research”
Since autism first entered the zeitgeist, and probably before, research into it has focused largely on what causes it. The reason for…