“I feel as though I never really grew up” Many of us autistic adults, seem to have an almost child-like character. I hope that readers will not find this observation insulting or demeaning in any way. I feel its important to be honest, and I am not necessarily saying it’s a bad thing. I have always felt as though my emotions and personality never really developed passed childhood. Around other Read More

“I need everything I say and do, to be perfect”. Are you on the autistic spectrum and does this sound familiar to you? There’s something about having autism that makes me need to be perfect. Everything I say, every social interaction, In my work, every piece of DIY I undertake. There is no in between, no middle ground. It’s either perfect or completely useless. The trouble is that my concept Read More

At last! could there now be new services for people with autism in the UK? The UK autism bill was passed a couple of years ago. It proposed that more services should be available for autistic people and that autism training should be given to doctors, police and others that may come in to contact with autistic people. As yet I have not seen any difference either in services or Read More

Today I heard an autism “expert” talking on the radio. The autism expert said that autism started in the 1950’s. This is just not true. It started to be called autism in the 1950’s, even though the term autism was probably not widely known amongst the public and even doctors. It was only when Leo Kanner followed by Hans Asperger, started to do their ground breaking work, that the word Read More

Autism and self help: People on the autistic spectrum that are cognitively able, can help themselves and others by sharing their experiences. It occurred to me recently, that practically everything I know about autism, has been learnt through a) my own research. b) self analysis and writing blog posts. c) listening to other peoples experiences of having autism. I have also learnt a lot over the past 5 years, by Read More