Monday, 20 December 2021

Navigating awkward situations

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Christmas is coming, that time of year when social interaction is not just encouraged but required. From an autistic point of view, it is ch...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Some more thoughts about music

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Last year I wrote a post about music  in which I described how my listening has been affected by my autism. I recently composed a new set of...
Sunday, 5 September 2021

My thoughts on Spectrum 10k.

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It’s been a busy few weeks, what with the first Aural Diversity workshop and the broadcast of my ‘Spectrum Sounds’ pieces by the BBC (you c...
Sunday, 11 July 2021

How can neurodivergent artists market themselves?

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 " How can neurodivergent artists market themselves"? This was a question I was asked during a webinar entitled ‘ Neurodivergent a...
Sunday, 27 June 2021

Mind v. Body: Autism v. Ménière's

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Back in 2009, I was diagnosed with Ménière’s Disease. I’d been experiencing the classic symptoms for a couple of years before that: powerful...
Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Some thoughts following the Interdisciplinary Autism Research Festival (IARF2021)

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A couple of weeks ago I spent the best part of three days attending the first Interdisciplinary Autism Research Festival. This was a wonderf...
Saturday, 8 May 2021

"Positive psychoeducation" and ableism in academia

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There has been quite a lot of discussion in academia recently about using “positive psychoeducation” to address the mental health crisis in ...