1 The National Autistic Society The National Autistic Society offers a valuable free eLearning module aimed at helping neurotypical individuals better comprehend the world of autistic teenagers. This resource is thoughtfully designed for parents and caregivers, providing them with essential insights and understanding. The module was not only collaborated with buy led by autistic people. …
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Autism and Employment
Getting employment as an autistic adult can be difficult. Some say that they need to keep autism off their CV because the choice is between not getting needed accommodations in the job or not getting a job at all. Getting through the interview process can be daunting if you are autistic. HR departments need to …
Autistic man locked in attic
MEDIA WATCH Autism is in the news again and it isn't good. It rarely is. Yesterday, 18th February 2022, a couple were jailed for 6 years each for keeping their son locked in a filthy attic. Matthew Langley, 22, who has learning difficulties and suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, double-incontinence and arthritis, was found severely …
A bad news story and a positive spin on autism
Media Watch First the bad news: A story has hit the media in the last few weeks which is bad news for autistic people. Tony Hickmott The BBC has been able to overturn a reporting ban on reporting that an autistic man, Tony Hickmott, has been kept in an institution without anything to stimulate him …
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Who’s zoomin’ who? Autism and alternative communication
*Or Who's zoomin' whom if you prefer, the title of this blog post is taken from the 1985 single and album by Aretha Franklin. Zooming is good for you We are social animals, or so I was told on a Tuesday morning interview a few weeks back on BBC 6 music. We need face to …
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Why Autism Awareness Month can be traumatising for autistic people – Autistic Not Weird
On Monday 30th March I published a blog post on why I would not be celebrating Autism Awareness week. https://stevenhpape.blog/2020/03/30/autism-awareness-autism-acceptance-and-why-i-am-not-participating-in-autism-awareness-week/ This is along the same lines from someone with more knowledge than me... Over to Captain Quirk: It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would …
Spirit break out: Shine #HT200
Spirit break out Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 9th June 2019 Wait. Just the one word "Wait," and then a pause was how the sermon started. My day started less well. I awoke tired. Not because I had a bad night's sleep, but because I am thoroughly exhausted. That was not good as I was …
Gatekeeping: Or whose news is it anyway?
You are not a real Star Trek fan if you watch Discovery Who are the real Trekers? Ts it the fans or is it the holders of the copyright? To a certain number of fans, they are the arbiters, they have their own Facebook groups and online forums, run their own wiki sites and have …
Growing up without knowing you are autistic
The unknown Aspie Before I come to anything negative, let me say I had fun. Some of it was fun with other children and some of it was fun on my own. Climbing trees when I was supposed to be walking the dog was fun, and dogs are easy to see from a tree. A …
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Tolerate me: The world’s 5 stories – part 4
Tolerate me The world's 5 stories - part 4 There is a difference in the way God sees things and how the world sees things, five of which I am looking at in the first half of Advent this year. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I …
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Making an ass of myself 