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      • Asperger Syndrome: 50 important facts about having “mild” autism
      • I just found out I’m autistic. What do I do now?
      • Autistic ‘obsessions’, and why we really really need them.
      • How to Raise ACTUAL Autism Awareness
      • “You have autism? Oh, I’m so sorry.” What to say (and NOT say) to autistic people.
      • Why autistic people struggle with comfort zones, and what can be done about it
      • The balance between helping autistic people and doing it for them (and how to get it right)
      • Why do autistic people struggle with ‘inappropriate’?
      • Taking things literally: When being autistic’s actually pretty funny
      • Idioms and autism: how you NEVER “change your mind”
      • 50 Pretty Big Facts About Autism
    • Advice for (or about) young people
      • Growing Up Autistic: 10 tips for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or “mild” autism
      • Fifty pieces of advice from an autistic adult, written for autistic children
      • Five ways to damage autistic children without even knowing
      • When should I tell my child they’re autistic, and how do I tell them?
      • Five tips for autistic students starting college or university
      • What to do when your family doesn’t accept autism
      • Autism and exam stress: 10 tips from personal experience
      • Asperger’s versus the Bullies: 8 Important Tips for Coping with Bullying
      • Anger and growing up: ten tips to beat it
      • How do I stop my child using autism as an excuse?
      • Ten reasons your autistic child needs to learn chess right now
      • A survival guide for Year Sixes preparing for their SATs (from an autistic teacher)
    • My own journey with Asperger’s
      • Conversations with my younger autistic selves
      • 11 Painful Diary Quotes from my Worst Years (and what I learned from each of them)
      • Navigating the autism diagnosis journey as an adult
      • I’m ever so sorry. I really DON’T look autistic.
      • Story of an Autistic Teacher: encouraging Aspies beyond their ‘natural limits’
      • Working abroad with Asperger’s: 10 life lessons I learned from Kindercamp
      • “So… what’s it like being autistic?”
      • Captain Quirk and his adventures on the Wrong Planet
      • 200 things to love about life
    • Audience participation!
      • 11,521 people answered this autism survey. Warning: the results may challenge you.
      • I asked my followers to share the most ridiculous “autism causes” they’d ever heard. Brace yourselves.
      • If you could teach people one thing about autism, what would it be?
      • We asked children across the autism spectrum: “What do you love most about life?” Here are their answers.
    • Miscellaneous
      • “Hating autism” and the damage it does
      • How I put anxiety in its place
      • Five Tips for Handling Low Self-Esteem and Worthlessness
      • When you’re “not allowed” to have mental health issues
      • Asperger Syndrome and Religion: Reconciling Logic with Faith
      • We need to stop saying “we’re all a little autistic”
      • 30 translations for people who struggle with hints
      • The labelling issue, by a ‘mildly autistic’ ‘high-functioning’ ‘person with Asperger Syndrome’
      • My response to “you’re not REALLY autistic, are you?”
      • Bridging the Gap Between Autistic Adults and Autism Parents
      • How hard can it be to fund a school for disabled children?
      • Dear Katie Hopkins, I’d rather have my brain than yours.
      • A plea to the autism community, from one of your own
      • An autistic person’s guide to an autism-friendly Christmas
    • Top 10 most read
      • 1) Five ways to damage autistic children without even knowing
      • 2) Growing Up Autistic: 10 tips for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or “mild” autism
      • 3) Asperger Syndrome: 50 important facts about having “mild” autism
      • 4) Autistic ‘obsessions’, and why we really really need them.
      • 5) What to do when your family doesn’t accept autism
      • 6) Why autistic people struggle with comfort zones, and what can be done about it
      • 7) I’m ever so sorry. I really DON’T look autistic.
      • 8) Taking things literally: When having autism’s actually pretty funny
      • 9) “You have autism? Oh, I’m so sorry.” What to say (and NOT say) to autistic people.
      • 10) Why do autistic people struggle with ‘inappropriate’?
    • Patreon article extensions!
      • Growing Up Autistic – tips 11-15
      • Even More Important Facts About Having “Mild” Autism – points 51-75
      • Five Ways to Damage Autistic Children – points 6-10
      • Anger and Growing Up- tips 11-15
      • How I Put Anxiety in its Place – tips 9-13
      • Autism and exam stress – tips 11-15
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    • Underdogs: Chapter 1
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    • Underdogs: Chapter 3
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    • The ANW book – What We Love Most About Life
    • The ANW shop on Redbubble
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      • Dead Boy Running: Prologue
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      • Dead Boy Running: Chapter 2
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      • I just found out I’m autistic. What do I do now?
      • Autistic ‘obsessions’, and why we really really need them.
      • How to Raise ACTUAL Autism Awareness
      • “You have autism? Oh, I’m so sorry.” What to say (and NOT say) to autistic people.
      • Why autistic people struggle with comfort zones, and what can be done about it
      • The balance between helping autistic people and doing it for them (and how to get it right)
      • Why do autistic people struggle with ‘inappropriate’?
      • Taking things literally: When being autistic’s actually pretty funny
      • Idioms and autism: how you NEVER “change your mind”
      • 50 Pretty Big Facts About Autism
    • Advice for (or about) young people
      • Growing Up Autistic: 10 tips for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or “mild” autism
      • Fifty pieces of advice from an autistic adult, written for autistic children
      • Five ways to damage autistic children without even knowing
      • When should I tell my child they’re autistic, and how do I tell them?
      • Five tips for autistic students starting college or university
      • What to do when your family doesn’t accept autism
      • Autism and exam stress: 10 tips from personal experience
      • Asperger’s versus the Bullies: 8 Important Tips for Coping with Bullying
      • Anger and growing up: ten tips to beat it
      • How do I stop my child using autism as an excuse?
      • Ten reasons your autistic child needs to learn chess right now
      • A survival guide for Year Sixes preparing for their SATs (from an autistic teacher)
    • My own journey with Asperger’s
      • Conversations with my younger autistic selves
      • 11 Painful Diary Quotes from my Worst Years (and what I learned from each of them)
      • Navigating the autism diagnosis journey as an adult
      • I’m ever so sorry. I really DON’T look autistic.
      • Story of an Autistic Teacher: encouraging Aspies beyond their ‘natural limits’
      • Working abroad with Asperger’s: 10 life lessons I learned from Kindercamp
      • “So… what’s it like being autistic?”
      • Captain Quirk and his adventures on the Wrong Planet
      • 200 things to love about life
    • Audience participation!
      • 11,521 people answered this autism survey. Warning: the results may challenge you.
      • I asked my followers to share the most ridiculous “autism causes” they’d ever heard. Brace yourselves.
      • If you could teach people one thing about autism, what would it be?
      • We asked children across the autism spectrum: “What do you love most about life?” Here are their answers.
    • Miscellaneous
      • “Hating autism” and the damage it does
      • How I put anxiety in its place
      • Five Tips for Handling Low Self-Esteem and Worthlessness
      • When you’re “not allowed” to have mental health issues
      • Asperger Syndrome and Religion: Reconciling Logic with Faith
      • We need to stop saying “we’re all a little autistic”
      • 30 translations for people who struggle with hints
      • The labelling issue, by a ‘mildly autistic’ ‘high-functioning’ ‘person with Asperger Syndrome’
      • My response to “you’re not REALLY autistic, are you?”
      • Bridging the Gap Between Autistic Adults and Autism Parents
      • How hard can it be to fund a school for disabled children?
      • Dear Katie Hopkins, I’d rather have my brain than yours.
      • A plea to the autism community, from one of your own
      • An autistic person’s guide to an autism-friendly Christmas
    • Top 10 most read
      • 1) Five ways to damage autistic children without even knowing
      • 2) Growing Up Autistic: 10 tips for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or “mild” autism
      • 3) Asperger Syndrome: 50 important facts about having “mild” autism
      • 4) Autistic ‘obsessions’, and why we really really need them.
      • 5) What to do when your family doesn’t accept autism
      • 6) Why autistic people struggle with comfort zones, and what can be done about it
      • 7) I’m ever so sorry. I really DON’T look autistic.
      • 8) Taking things literally: When having autism’s actually pretty funny
      • 9) “You have autism? Oh, I’m so sorry.” What to say (and NOT say) to autistic people.
      • 10) Why do autistic people struggle with ‘inappropriate’?
    • Patreon article extensions!
      • Growing Up Autistic – tips 11-15
      • Even More Important Facts About Having “Mild” Autism – points 51-75
      • Five Ways to Damage Autistic Children – points 6-10
      • Anger and Growing Up- tips 11-15
      • How I Put Anxiety in its Place – tips 9-13
      • Autism and exam stress – tips 11-15
  • About Chris Bonnello
  • Speaking engagements
  • UNDERDOGS- a neurodiverse war novel
    • Underdogs: what is it?
    • Underdogs: Chapter 1
    • Underdogs: Chapter 2
    • Underdogs: Chapter 3
  • More books and other things
    • The ANW book – What We Love Most About Life
    • The ANW shop on Redbubble
    • Dead Boy Running
      • Dead Boy Running: what is it?
      • Dead Boy Running: Prologue
      • Dead Boy Running: Chapter 1
      • Dead Boy Running: Chapter 2
  • List of Resources
  • Facebook
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  • Support me via Patreon
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