Fear of ice cream? Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com Gelatophobia is not the fear of gelato, or any other type of ice cream, but the fear of being laughed at. Although not exclusive to autistic people there it is more common in this group. An investigation from 2010 showed that gelatophobia is more likely …
Category: Autism
A challenge to ABA therapists
1 Show me the numbers I am trying to get to the bottom of this controversy. You claim that the science shows that ABA works? Please show the evidence. Comments on this blog will be accepted, though abuse will be redacted. But I need decent science, which means a decent sample in the research. Autism …
God repents
Does God change his mind? I want to start with two stories. 1. Hezekiah The first, found in the bible in 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 32 and Isaiah 38, tells of King Hezekiah falling ill, and the prophet Isiah bringing news to get his house in order because he will die. So Hezekiah prays …
You’ll always find me in the kitchen at parties
Party etiquette Photo by Eugen Buzuk on Pexels.com Parties are difficult. You will always find me on the edge of things. First there's the introvert/extrovert question. The extroverts wanting to he the heart of the party, the introverts having a quiet chat in the corner. Which is fine until the extrovert abuse happens. When an …
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Tone it down a little please
World mental health day 2020 Saturday 10 October Let's end mental health discrimination. I dislike shopping, there is too much going on at once, and a lot of it is unnecessary. Do you really need to pipe music into toilets, how is the functionality of taking a pee enhanced by the tones if Michael Bublé or …
How to interrupt, and other autistic social dilemmas
I get interrupted constantly. People cannot read me. To be told I am wrong when I haven't got to the point I am making is a common experience. When I try to tell them, "That is not what I was saying," and it is conversation over, The people that interrupted me accuse me of interrupting. …
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Extreme male brain?
I first heard about autism as applied to me at the age of 52 from a psychologist I was visiting. I was being looked at for a long standing anger problem and was told that my behaviour both what I described of my life and in the interview was consistent with having Asperger's Syndrome. This …
Other people: Othering people
"People from other countries are not like us," starts so many racist statements. That is the bigger part of the problem. Another part is double empathy, we judge them because they do things differently to us. How desperate do you need to be to trust yourself to the open seas in a rubber boat? Seeking …
Autism, the frog book, antivaxxers and other bad science
The Frog Book This blog started last year when "the frog book" was frequently mentioned on Twitter, someone complaining the book was called Tuesday and they got the test on a Wednesday. Now I have no qualifications in psychology, but I am a bit of a maths whizz, so I thought I'd look at this. …
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I go face blind when stressed – #ActuallyAutistic
I am rude – or so they tell me Walking down the street I walk straight past people who I know and never speak. Sometimes they speak to me and I still walk on past. How rude. But I do not wish to be rude, I do want to acknowledge people, even if that is …
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Making an ass of myself 