It starts so quietly, almost imperceptibly, almost sneakily. But even now it’s building. Slowly but surely building. From nothing it’s building, from nothing it can become an explosion of pressure, spurting

After a recent post I was taken to task by a reader about the idea of autistic pride. The legitimate question asked was how can one be proud of something they merely inherited.

It’s ubiquitous. Just about everywhere you look in the autism world you see representations of it. Whether it’s a Facebook page a support group, a peak body so many of them

There is often discussion in forums, support groups, social media groups, blogs and any other media you can think of about verbal and non-verbal autistics. The unhelpful functioning label “Low Functioning” is often

During my adult life I have had quite a few different jobs and career starts. I have had moderate successes and abysmal failures. I was never in a position to make a disclosure