Can Someone With Autism, also have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?”Many autistic people, suffer from anxiety, depression and OCD.” Click to Tweet I remember the first time OCD – as I now know it to be, became a thing in my life. I was around 8 years old, and standing in my friend David Schindler’s front garden, […]
MY NEW BOOK UPDATE
FIRSTLY… A big – if belated – happy 2018 to everyone in the autism community. You may have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet on the blog posting side of things lately. But I have a good reason. Some of you may know that I’ve been writing a book about my experiences as […]
Autism Meets OCD
OCD-ACTION Annual Facilitator DayBirmingham 2017 On November 4th, ocd-action kindly invited me to speak about autism at their annual facilitator’s event in Birmingham, UK. This is due to the rise in people with OCD asking them for advice that are also on the autistic spectrum. I spoke for around an hour to groups of OCD support […]
Lets Talk About Stereotypes
Lets Talk About Autism StereotypesCLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEOOnce I overheard a doctor say; ”Oh, so he’s on the autistic spectrum…they are very high achievers you know.” Now that’s a doctor that needs to check her facts.So lets bust some other myths about autism.STEREOTYPE NUMBER ONEYes, I have a clinical diagnosis of high functioning […]
Odd Girl Out-A Woman On The Autistic Spectrum
Odd Girl Out by Laura JamesThe story of an autistic woman in a neurotypical world“What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you’ve been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself?” BUY ON AMAZON UKBUY ON AMAZON USA Laura JamesAuthor of ODD GIRL OUT I […]
A Cafe where I Can Rest My Autistic Brain
One of my favourite activities, is spending a couple of hours in a café with a regular Americano and my laptop. It’s a great place to work these days, There’s something about the atmosphere of a nice café that allows me to be really creative and productive, as I write articles for this website and my up-coming book […]
Autism-are you undiagnosed?
Do you think you may be on the autistic spectrum? How can you tell? Have you had a lifelong history of untreatable depression, anxiety or OCD You may feel as though you’ve never quite fitted in. Always feeling like an outsider. People think you’re bit of an odd-ball or quirky. You have a communication style that […]
The Spectrum Of Autism
“An autistic person is not just a diagnosis described in a medical text book.” Subscribe to AdultsWithAutism.org.uk If we type, “What is autism” into Google, we will probably see the standard list of symptoms, diagnostic criteria and articles on what to do if your child has autism. The headline descriptions and information about autism on most websites may be technically […]
Autism-friendly inspirational activity ideas-coming soon!
Autism-friendly inspirational activity ideas are coming soon to AdultsWithAutism.org.uk My goal for 2017 is to inspire and encourage you to get more involved with all life has to offer. This includes autism-friendly: Holiday’s Courses Activities Exercise How to guides Career guides These will all be included in the upcoming lifestyle section of AdultsWithAutism.org.uk. It’s taking […]
The Problem with Autistic Dating Websites
Whilst researching autism-friendly dating websites recently for the new lifestyle section of AdultsWithAutism, I came to the conclusion that I would not recommend any of these websites. The first few results in Google search revealed autistic dating sites that appeared-at best-unregulated and unmanaged by anyone with knowledge of autism. The worst examples, were sites that did not […]