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Do we need the diagnosis?
I asked that question on my female autism group and almost all responses said we do. Why? For adjustments, protection from discrimination and for self awareness and acceptance. NHS waiting times are too long and some of us, expecially females, are being refused diagnosis due to what GP or even the diagnostic team sees as […]
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Jigsaw puzzle
The most surprising on this journey for me was when I realised that I see new social situations as jigsaw puzzle where the piece that represents me has been removed. Since realising that I stopped asking myself ‘what do I say’ as it implies that response is necessary and may lead to coming up with […]
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Infinite games – part 1
Waiting to be filled in – a surprise possible. I know it’s early in my blogger career to promise surprises but you never know. In short: we need to replace finite games we’re playing with infinite ones and everything will become easier.
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Autistic mice
OK, so I promised earlier, in my About page that I want to focus on communication, and here I write about a status quo. But isn’t it all connected? I can’t do all the communication work completely by myself, other people need to focus on it too, and possibly we, autistics will benefit more from […]
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Autistic and me 