Autism representation in fiction, and how to get it rightNot long ago, I had a book stall at an event unrelated to autism – a rare occasion for me...
How to build relationships with your autistic students (and why it’s enormously important)When I was a teacher in a school for autistic students, it was well-noted that my biggest strength was my...
Results and Analysis of the Autistic Not Weird 2022 Autism SurveyIs it ‘autistic person’ or ‘person with autism’? How many autistic people are also LGBT+? Has ABA improved in recent...
Top ten acts of cruelty that would cause outrage if they happened to non-autistic childrenIn order to provide for people with disabilities, learning difficulties or neurological conditions, sometimes we need to treat them differently....
Fifty Autism Facts for World Autism Acceptance DayFor this year’s World Autism Acceptance Day, I made these fifty pictures and shared them to Autistic Not Weird’s Facebook page...
So, you want to teach autistic students? Here are 12 tips from an autistic teacher.Ever since adolescence, I’ve wanted to spend my life building people. Whether in terms of confidence, intellect, life skills, or...
Ten vital reasons to never, ever share an autism meltdown videoWe see them far too often. Videos of an autistic child (or adult) in extreme distress, shared across the internet...
Dear perfectionists – it’s ok to do things imperfectlyThere’s something falsely positive about the word “perfectionist”, isn’t there? The first time I remember hearing the word, I was...
Why Autism Awareness Month can be traumatising for autistic peopleIt doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would be so...
To everyone who tells me not to say “autistic person”This is going to be one of my shorter articles – largely, I imagine, to be posted in reply to...
