Anything autistic related not fitting into another category
I’ve been making my small talk videos for quite a while now and I always want to improve the way that I make them, both for myself and my audience. One of the things that I really want to do is to make them more accessible in terms of subtitles/captions. My friend Purple Ella suggested […]
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I think humour is a very personal thing for everyone. It doesn’t matter if you are autistic or neurotypical, we all experience it differently. What one person finds amusing another person might not even raise a smile at, or could even be offended. However, logically I think that if your mind works differently, so that
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20th September 2020 So it’s been a while since I last posted a blog. In fact the last one was way back in November 2019. If there are anybody out there who enjoyed reading them and have missed my scribblings, I can only apologise. I stopped, sorry paused, writing for several reasons. It’s been a
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14th October 2019 Everybody experiences boredom at some point or another. It’s that feeling of time seeming to slow down and a lack of interest in what you are doing or supposed to be doing. It’s the point of procrastination, when you have things to do but you are unable to muster the motivation to do
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21st April 2019 It’s a few weeks now since World Autism Awareness Week 2019 and I still have not managed to watch/read all of the content that was produced during that time. This has got me to thinking about the nature of content, both what other people produce and what I produce myself. Also, I began
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24th February 2019 The way my mind works can sometimes be overwhelming. I have lots of thoughts and ideas, especially in the mornings when I am fresh. This is great and I wouldn’t want to change this for the world, but it can also cause me some problems. Having so many thoughts can lead to
13th January 2019 I love going to health spas but I have had somebody say to me “Rob, how can an Autistic person cope with a health spa, where there are people, strange plinky music, smells and you have to be touched to have massages? Is that possible?” Well yes it is, as I love them,
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2nd December 2018 I think creativity is important for Autistic people. It is certainly critical for my well being. But before I get into the reasons why, I want to make it very clear that creativity does not need to be to any sort of level. If you draw a stick figure picture then you have
5th November 2018 An Autistic person is Autistic for life despite a popular myth that implies that Autistic folk grow out of it. We don’t, how can you grow out of yourself? People change yes, but Autism is at the very heart of our core. That means that there are generations of Autistic people within the
27th October 2018 The terms of therapy and counselling are often used as interchangeable words, although counselling is a short term treatment, whilst therapy is more long term. In the context of mental health they are generally both about talking, where an individual can discuss problems and issues with a mental health professional who is
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