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Diagnosis Part Three

Well, it’s official…. finally. I am Autistic and most probably “inattentive ADHD” as well. I mean, I already knew. This was not new information. But there was that imposter syndrome looming. Not trusting my own education and instincts, once again. I firmly believe in self-diagnosis. I really do. It is honestly a privilege. A privilege […]

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Why are we still using Behaviour based therapies????

Behaviour-based therapy /strategies including Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), and social skills… Are Damaging to the #Autistic child/young person/adult Why would I say this? Behaviour therapy is at its core neo-normative with Neurotypical (NT) based goals and outcomes. At no point do behaviour based therapies take into account the Autistic Experience. It is […]

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“Social Skills”, why do we insist on it for autistic Children & young people?

It is time to talk about the “social skills” we automatically subject our autistic children to as if they are somehow mandatory. These “social” constructs created by neurodominant/ neuronormative/ neurotypical society that wants everyone to be just like them. I know that sounds harsh and I meant it to. This has been building for a […]

Diagnosis?!? Part two.

So to recap, in part one, I speak about the signs. The signs I see with 20/20 hindsight lead me to not only believe but embrace the fact that I am autistic. Signs I probably should have seen a good while back but didn’t. Warning, this blog will speak of hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and […]

Diagnosis? Part One

Discussing realisation that I am autistic, late in life…