I am autistic

Today is International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is #InspireInclusion! So, I thought I would write about autism in women and girls, and why it is important people are aware of the differences between autism in males and females. In the past, many people believed that autism was a male disorder. There was even… Read more

Note: this is meant to be some light-hearted comedy. The beauty of neurodiversity is that all of our brains are different; no matter if you’re neurodivergent or neurotypical, our brains work in amazing ways.  If you are reading this, then you may be thinking that you, or someone in your life, is not autistic. Before… Read more

This Wednesday, I presented at a Children 1st event: ‘A Conversation about Children’s Human Right’s in Sport.’  If you are unfamiliar with Children 1st, they are Scotland’s National Children’s Charity. Their ambition is for “every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family.” This event, in particular, was focusing on their involvement… Read more

The medical and social models of disability are two different ways disabilities can be viewed. In short, the medical model sees disability as a problem with the individual – whereas the social model sees barriers from an inaccessible society instead. As a society, we seem to be moving towards a future of the social model,… Read more

In the last couple of years, I have noticed the word neurodivergent come into common language. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it; I don’t have a black and white relationship with the term. So, in this blog post, I am going to explore my feelings to the word.  For context: the definition… Read more

I have found that there can be a lot of misinformation out there around autism, and that can be harmful to the way you view autistic people and how you support them. After my previous blog post about autism myths, a couple of people got in touch and shared the myths that they had heard.… Read more