My thoughts on the current movement campaigning for 'Profound Autism' to be a recognised diagnostic term..
Over the years, I've come to absolutely dread April and World Autism Acceptance/Awareness Month.
Aûtentic notions - Catherine Leggett's blog
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a conception of or belief about something."children have different notions about the roles of their parents"Similar: idea, belief, concept, conception, conviction, opinion, view, thought,impression, image, perception, mental, picture, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, theory, supposition, feeling, funny feeling, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, hunch, understanding, awareness, knowledge, clue, inkling, the foggiest idea/notionHere is where I write about hot topics debated in the 'neurodiversity' space, and my experiences and thoughts as an autistic elder, parent to an autistic adult child, and time-served autistic autism practitioner and expert.
Autism self-diagnosis: How valid is it?
A question I see asked, and has been asked of me often, is 'how valid is a self-diagnosis'? - especially from employers.
Why, when and how to choose a specialist autism training provider
I've recently seen a move away from specialist (condition-specific) training towards general 'neurodiversity'* training and, like many other autism advocates and specialists, I'm concerned.
Thoughts about Autism and personality disorders..the 'Gregg Wallace' situation
Understandably my community are again dismayed, and angry, at the purported intentions of Gregg Wallace's legal team to disclose that he is likely autistic and that this accounts for his unacceptable behaviour and not 'understanding' when he is crossing the line.
Masking and effective support for those that do, and don't, want to 'mask'
I've been thinking about the outcomes associated with masking a lot recently, it's a hot topic in the neurodiversity community as always.