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• Do Autistic People Mask Less as They Get Older?

  

  Masking is one of the most crucial skills that autistic people develop. We learn to mask at an early age simply by copying our peers so that we become less of... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Housing Options for Autistic People

  

  Autistic people are an incredibly diverse group, even within the broader neurodivergent community. We are diverse because we do not share all the same... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How Autistic Individuals Can Develop Financial Independence - Part 3

  

  In my first post on this subject, I introduced eight steps to financial independence and began working through them, explaining what they were and how some... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How Autistic Individuals Can Develop Financial Independence - Part 2

  

  In my last post, I covered the first four of eight steps to financial independence while looking at the key issues that specifically affect autistic people. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How Autistic Individuals Can Develop Financial Independence - Part 1

  

  One of the key goals of adulthood is to seek financial independence from our parents. It's all very well to be living off "the bank of mom and dad", but... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Protecting Your Finances: A Guide to Scam Avoidance for Autistic Individuals

  

  We are all targets for scamsIn today's interconnected world, scams are a constant and evolving threat. A single misstep can compromise personal financial... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2025 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autism Was Still Topical in 2024

  

  As I prepare to close the door on 2024, which was another blog-lite year for me (I only did three). I wanted to talk about where I am at and about why Autism... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Living with Autism Undiagnosed by R. Horowitz

  

  Living with Autism Undiagnosed by Ruth Horowitz is quite an unusual book in that it's not exactly an "autism book". By that, I mean that the vast majority of th... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Protecting Yourself from Fake Friends and Social Media

  

  In my last post I talked about the dangers of social media. Today I want to talk briefly about a recent event and how it needed to be dealt with. Names are... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Social Media and Autism

  

  Following some recent issues with an adult-aged autistic, I wanted to talk a little about social media and autism.Social media can be a great thing for... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Masking is an Essential Skill That You Should Aim to Use Less Often.

  

  Masking in terms of autism and Asperger's syndrome is a way of hiding your true self from others as a means of fitting in and avoiding harm. It can best be... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2023 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Why Pushing Your Autistic Kids out of Home May Be Good for Them

  

  Catchy title aside, I'm not about to suggest that you need to kick all your autistic kids out of home. I want to cover one specific recent instance for us and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autistic Burnout and Fatigue - Part 2 of 2

  

  Last time I talked about some of the reasons that autistic burnout occurs. I covered five of the more common ones. In this post, I want to look at how you can... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autistic Burnout and Fatigue - Part 1 of 2

  

  Chronic Mental fatigue is a very serious condition that is quite common in individuals with autism. It's so common that it has its own name in autism circles:... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Spoon Theory and How It Relates to Autism

  

  I was part-way through writing my next blog post and I thought, I need to link this to "Spoon Theory". I was pretty sure that I'd covered it here before, so I... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Eight Qualities of Great Mothers of Autistic Kids

  

  Mother's day has just passed and I was thinking about how great my own mother is and about how many amazing mothers, particularly of kids on the spectrum, that... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autism and Computer Addiction

  

  Computer addiction is not an exclusively Asperger's or Autism condition. Not all autistics develop it and not all people with computer addiction issues have... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Recognizing Autism in Women & Girls

  

  I've always found it strange that autism seems to be mainly a "boy thing". Statistically, autism is recognised four times as often in boys as it is in girls... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Elon Musk and Asperger's Syndrome

  

  I've just finished reading the 2016 biography of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. It's a great read and I'd highly recommend it but this post is not a book review -... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Single Parenting and Kids on the Spectrum - Part 3

  

  Parenting kids on the spectrum comes with a unique set of challenges and being a single parent puts its own spin on this. In my previous two posts, I looked at... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY