Professionally Autistic
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,...
Hello everybody, Yup, this blog was supposed to be published in September. Then in October, twice. It wasn’t. I was exhausted last weekend, the week before also, after doing a speaking event and the week before was also bit of a mess. For the first one this November, I’m going to go for one a...
An honest review of YA novel There's No Basketball on Mars from an Actually Autistic perspective.
Hello friends. Yes, I know, it’s been a while. I had an absolutely wonderful holiday and spent the next few weeks making sure I’d hit the ground running with work. Of course, my work being what it is, I am relying on outside forces to be able to get things done. What’s been difficult to...
Hi everybody! Yes, it’s been so very long. But it was with good reason. I needed the time to recuperate since I was also working full-time. The work was fun, the students were great, the person I worked with directly was a total hero. However, it was everything else that drained me. Instead of calling...
Hi everyone, Ok, so this blog came a little bit faster than I anticipated. I have big news to share. I have just signed my contract for a non-fiction book with Jessica Kingsley Publisher’s, hopefully in bookshops and online retailers for late Spring/early Summer 2024. It’s called Feeling Fast and Slow, or, at least, that’s...
Hi everyone! Yes I’ve been away for a few weeks. I’m just posting this one, because at least there’s some gay stuff in it. Then I will possibly post every other week, if I even have the time. I’m working full-time teaching English for Academic Purposes at Heriot-Watt university. I hope to do some work...
