Working abroad with Asperger’s: 10 life lessons I learned from KindercampPeople often ask each other where their ‘second home’ is. When I tell them that mine is the Jugendgruppenzeltplatz on...
Why do autistic people struggle with ‘inappropriate’?Ah, inappropriate. My least favourite word in the whole of the English language. But the English language has over a...
When should I tell my child they’re autistic, and how do I tell them?2020 edit- this is now an expired article. I’ve written an updated version here, which is based on insights I’ve...
Ten reasons your autistic child needs to learn chess right nowAh, chess. The game of kings… and Aspies. Now, before I begin, I expect a few readers will come...
Story of an Autistic Teacher: encouraging autistic children beyond their ‘natural limits’I usually make my posts very personal. I think the human element is extremely important. This may be one of the...
“You have autism? Oh, I’m so sorry.” What to say (and NOT say) to autistic people.I make no apologies for my Asperger’s. And neither should anyone else. To anyone who doesn’t know, the ‘I’m so...
Taking things literally: When being autistic’s actually pretty funnyProvocative title, I know. But we hear so many sad stories about how tragic it is to live with autism...
Autistic ‘obsessions’, and why we really really need them.Autistic people are famed for their ‘obsessions’. Be it washing machines, vacuum cleaners or dinosaurs (hell yeah, dinosaurs!!), having obsessions...
Growing Up Autistic: 10 tips for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or “mild” autismTeenagers and young adults, this one's for you. I was the weird kid. More specifically, I was the boy with Asperger Syndrome before anyone knew what it was.
Idioms and autism: how you NEVER “change your mind”I was ten when I realised that changing your mind is a horrible thing. Think about it. Having your mind...
Asperger Syndrome: 50 important facts about having “mild” autismOn April 2nd this year, World Autism Awareness Day, I decided to offer a little insight to some of my Facebook...
“So… what’s it like being autistic?”[This was one of the very first things I wrote for Autistic Not Weird, in April 2015, right when I...
