Why Holistic Understanding Is Important

Image by Džoko Stach from Pixabay By Nanny Aut I am - at core - an engineer. This means I like to take things apart, examine the components and figure out how everything works. And the key lesson I’ve learnt is that machine components interact with each other. If you have a failing component - … Continue reading Why Holistic Understanding Is Important →

May 7 (and this is a new one!)

This post today links to a new blog post It is a pet peeve of mine that there a lot of well-attended autism courses out there that often charge a significant amount of money either to participants or governmental funding bodies or well meaning charities. And the non-autistics think these courses are great. They actively … Continue reading May 7 (and this is a new one!) →

Of Course, This Is a Good Course (or is it?)

by Nanny Aut I often see an advert for an autism course I took. I took it out of curiosity to see whether the improved quality of research and the very active dialogue in the autistic community about what we need has filtered into mainstream. It hasn’t. It was really tough to take this course … Continue reading Of Course, This Is a Good Course (or is it?) →

May 6, 2025 (May 4 and 5 skipped)

I was aware before I started this that a consistent post a day was unrealistic - it was a target not a goal. Just as well - because in the past I have made that error. Set a goal that I knew was ambitious - that had no margin for error - and stumble early … Continue reading May 6, 2025 (May 4 and 5 skipped) →

May 3, 2025 – Talking about Autism Research

RFK is in the headlines at the moment proudly displaying his deep ignorance about autism and promoting his cockamamie ideas for autism research based on his intense lack of knowledge on the topic. But he is not the first to get things so badly wrong - historically there is a lot of poor quality research … Continue reading May 3, 2025 – Talking about Autism Research →

May 2, 2025 – A new blog post on an old re-post

Short and sweet today - a link to a blog on building mutual understanding between the autistic community and the 'Parents of Autistics' community. Finding Common Ground

Finding Common Ground

by Nanny Aut This is a challenging time for the autism/autistic community - when community is needed more than ever before - we are instead seeing division - not just autistics vs. autism parents but also across the lower support / higher support divide. I recently saw a facebook post by The Autism Dad asking … Continue reading Finding Common Ground →

I’m baaack – or at least trying to be – May 2025 posting challenge

For a long time it feels like I have been coccooning and staying one step back from the conversation. Anyone who has followed me for a while will know I had to shut my Inside Aut business website down and transfer to a holding site last year after the money ran out. Simple econonomics - … Continue reading I’m baaack – or at least trying to be – May 2025 posting challenge →

Processing Mutism: An Introduction to and Appreciation of AAC

Discussing AAC in its broadest terms and how it can support both non-speaking and speaking autistics.

School as a Polytropic Environment: The Impact on Monotropic Minds

How the polytropic school environment can impact on monotropic thinkers and result in processing mutism.