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A snapshot of a pale-looking 36 year old white autistic gay man, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a yellow hoodie. The man's eyebrows are raised, his mouth closed in a diagonal-esque shape.
Healthcare

Monday 7th October 2024: Going to the Doctor – Again (one – no – two days late due to medical reasons)

Trigger warnings for mentions of serious diseases and medical incompetence. Hi everyone, Today, I’d like to focus on an experience we find ourselves in whenever we want to interact with the medical system: the blank stare. I’ll explain. The reason I didn’t write a blog last week was simple: I Read more

By jorikmol, 1 yearOctober 9, 2024 ago
An image from a wedding reception. Five people in their thirties are positioned underneath a gazebo. The bridegroom (white, dark hair, dressed up to the nines) is in a cardboard boat, in the centre. With him, a thirty-something year old white woman smiles kindly. Next to her, a thirty-something year old dark-haired white man in a suit is biting his lower lip as he appears to pull down the gazebo. In the centre of the image is Jorik, a 36-year old autistic white gay in a suit wearing his father-in-law's tie, with a face that describes a self-insert teacher character in an Alan Bennett play. To my other side, a white man wearing glasses giving double middle fingers and wearing a facial expression of deep rage. The last man in his thirties is wearing a hat, dark sunglasses and is leaning in a fashion reminiscent of a human doing an impression of a motorbike. These were my colleagues when I was teaching English as a Foreign Language in Oxford, 2017-2020.
Autistic at Work

Monday 23rd September 2024: Long Covid + Wedding + How to Rest (again)

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 Read more

By jorikmol, 1 yearSeptember 23, 2024 ago
A picture of a white autistic man in his mid-to-late thirties, wearing glasses and a stripy shirt, from an unflattering angle. The other 7 people are sitting at a picnic table with freshly mown grass behind them. Everyone is autistic, from a variety of backgrounds and colours of hair.
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Monday 16th September 2024: At Autscape

Hi everyone, News! Yup, the tired got me again. Just when I was about to publish more blogs in a single month than in the entire previous year: 4 in 12 months v. 4 in 4 weeks. But 4 in 5 weeks ain’t bad, especially in comparison. I’ve had to Read more

By jorikmol, 1 yearSeptember 16, 2024 ago
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Monday 2nd September 2024: Steve Silberman Eulogy

I was going to write a blog about Autscape, but that’ll have to wait until next week. Instead, on Friday, I found out that Steve Silberman had passed away unexpectedly in his sleep, just as I was going to attend a talk of a new friend I’d made this year. Read more

By jorikmol, 1 yearSeptember 2, 2024 ago
An image of a 36-year old white autistic gayboy, wearing glasses, stubble, headphones around his neck, and the bands of his rucksack over a stripy t-shirt.
Autistic at Work

Monday 26th August 2024: From the silence of autism… ACHOO!

Hi everyone, So. Today I’m sick as a dog. Part of that, for me, is that speaking becomes very difficult. I am too tired to speak. This is a source of joy to everyone who knows me, because they can finally speak without me interrupting them and make them accountable Read more

By jorikmol, 1 yearAugust 26, 2024 ago

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