Professionally Autistic
Hi everyone! Okay, okay, I can explain. At length, of course! That’s what I do, after all! I’ve been away. Don’t worry, I’m not dead, or in prison or kidnapped and held for ransom. I’m still here, plugging away, and, unexpectedly, really happy! But before I continue telling you where I’ve been all this time,...
Hi everyone! So, when I said I was busy before September, I wasn’t lying. Here’s another project of mine. Sometimes things come onto my path. I’ve learned to be a bit jammy and see how they may go. By January 2023, I had been collating interviews for Feeling Fast and Slow for about 5 months....
Hi everyone! You’ve either been coming to this blog for a while now, in which case: welcome! I’m very happy to see you back. For the rest of you, you’ve probably found this blog via the QR-code on the side of my poster, at the Neurodiversity in Higher Education conference at the University of Bristol....
Hi everyone! Yes – I know. It’s half a year since one of these and now there’s two of them at once (please have a look at ‘Monday 11th September 2023: On Being a Neurodivergent Mentor Plus Book!’ also. Love to get some traffic going on this website after all this graft). Well, on the...
Hi everyone, So, here’s the thing. I’m back in burnout land. It’s not a nice place. I’m not sure what’s going on or what caused it. But here it is. I’m burned out again. You’ll notice I’m oversharing in this blog because, well; burned out, I guess! I do know that, once again, I didn’t...
Hi everybody! Hope you’re doing great and that you’re surviving the month of blue hell on the internet that is Autism “awareness” month. I’ve been pretty aware all my life, honestly. It’s exhausting to meet the nonsense halfway, especially now companies are using algorithms to pick out who might be autistic due to the pages...
Hi everyone! Not much from me today, I’m mostly writing this quick blog to inform you that my talk at the University of Exeter this Friday will go live tonight at 20:00 GMT. Some of this you will have heard me talk about these things before: in talks, on blogs and, if you’re the editor...
Hi everyone! Before we start, I’m doing this on Friday 17th March, 13:00 – 15:00 GMT. It’s organised by the University of Exeter’s LGBTQIA+ and Disability access groups. It’s accessible to everyone in the world, so if you’re interested, please register. The topic is one of my hobby horses: conversion therapy and why it’s bad,...
Hi everyone! Ok, I’m NOT going to apologise. I know it’s been ages, but it has been Christmas, which I celebrated with my beautiful partner and his wonderful family. Shout out to the Ukranians who came to live with his parents last year (despite the best efforts of the Boris Johnson government) and made an...
Hi everyone! It’s been a hot minute, I know. I’ve been burned out and exhausted, ill and overworked, stressed the hell out and frustrated that I’ve had to take time off. In short, pretty chillaxed for an autumn season. I have the weird idea that the year is in two halves: January until the summer,...
