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It is important for us to recognise the stages of autistic burnout so we can put things in place to counteract this and gain the rest and...

Mental health difficulties such as anxiety or low mood are not a part of autism, they are co-occurring conditions. Mental health...

The conversation about emotional intensity in autism is often focused around emotions which make us feel bad, such as how we can...

Hyperfixations can be a source of immense joy for autistic folk, however, the loss of a hyperfixation can be a source of pain and...

Today I want to talk about meltdowns, specifically the shame that we can experience in the aftermath of a meltdown. Whilst we are in this...

I'd like to talk about autism, stimming and autistic joy, starting with visual stimming. Below are some of the types of visual stimming,...

I want to talk about validating autistic processing and autistic lived experience in mental health support. This quote by an autistic...

I want to talk about validating autistic processing and lived experiences in mental health support. This quote by an autistic individual...

For too long autism has been viewed through the medical model, centring the autistic person as the problem, rather than acknowledging the...