By Gabi Compton CW: bullying, trauma, ABA Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay The story begins in June 2015. I’m in America, meeting the founder of a comedy fundraiser which I’m hoping to bring to Britain. In the founder’s back garden, I have a Damascene moment where I recognise my lifelong divergence from social codes, cues, norms, niceties, … Continue reading Still unusual: A reflection on adulthood as an unidentified Autistic
Author: autisticvillage
Abstract and Pattern Matching
by Hollie Hyde Art is something that I have done in various forms for as long as I can remember.I know that I am struggling when I stop making art.But I also know I am recovering when I start again.This is a piece I did with ink and a bamboo dip pen.I started by simply … Continue reading Abstract and Pattern Matching
The Communication Barrier – When Cultures Collide
As I said in my first post in this series, there are three fundamental areas that need to be understood to provide effective support. Processing, Sensory Profile including Proprioception and Interoception, Communication and Social Interaction. Of the three, I believe that it is communication and social interaction that are most misunderstood. Autistics are portrayed as … Continue reading The Communication Barrier – When Cultures Collide
The Wizard of Aut’s Alternative Autistic Dictionary – Edition 4
Believing Meaning here’s what you say when someone doesn’t believe you’re autistic. "Of course you don't believe me. It's a hidden disability. Why should you believe me, when you're not the one living it? How about we return to this conversation when you're ready to believe me? Without your belief, this conversation has nowhere to go. … Continue reading The Wizard of Aut’s Alternative Autistic Dictionary – Edition 4
Awareness, Performativeness and Irony in the Autism Narrative
By The Autistic Advocate I’ve just finished reading John Harris’ article in The Guardian framed around the theatrical version of ‘The reason I jump‘, Naoki Higashida’s famous book about his Autistic experience. You can find the article on The Guardian, entitled “Enough ‘autism awareness’. The necessity now is action.” and I do recommend you read … Continue reading Awareness, Performativeness and Irony in the Autism Narrative
Broken
Microfiction by Nicola Rathbone Image by Emilian Robert Vicol from Pixabay The pram sagged to one side, the left front wheel leaning away as if keen to leave its compatriots to the burden of the heavy load that threatened to sweep a tsunami of tat over the pram sides. Crumpled hands caressed the handle lovingly … Continue reading Broken
Making Sense of the Senses – Part 2 – The Secret Agents of Interoception and Proprioception
A tour of the interoceptive and proprioceptive senses
The Wizard of Aut’s Alternative Autistic Dictionary – Edition 3
A – Accepting Meaning other autistics are up for being my friend – they’re accepting of my autistic expression, just as I am of theirs. NTs will accept me as part of their group or as a collaborator on a project, but are reluctant to hang out with me 1:1 – be my friend. B … Continue reading The Wizard of Aut’s Alternative Autistic Dictionary – Edition 3
Meltdowns – The Hidden Killer
cw: Talk of trauma, bullying, self-harm and suicide
A Handful of Poems – Part 1
A handful of poems from BI - before identification as autistic
