Professionally Autistic
Hi everyone! Miss ‘Rooonnnaaaahhh…. Okay, so, bad news out of the way first. I’ve definitely got Long Covid. Why? For much of this past week, I’ve been kicking myself for not getting enough done. I’ve been tired, felt uncreative and emotionally flappy. It wasn’t a good week, even if I do now have the majority..
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..
