“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...
Captain Quirk and his adventures on the Wrong Planet[This article was written in April 2015, when I was right at the start of my autism advocacy journey. It’s...
