Author Archives: autisticnottingham

Bereavement: Dealing with Loss as an Autistic Adult

Bereavement:Dealing with loss as an autistic adult. Topics we’ll cover:How will I feel?How should I act?How do I conceptualise death?What happens after a death?Who can help me? TerminologyBereavement: the state of loss, having experienced a lossPhysical loss: the loss of something you can touch, like a person or animalAsbtract loss: the loss of something whichContinue reading “Bereavement: Dealing with Loss as an Autistic Adult”

The Importance of Advocacy Awareness Week – From the Trustee Board

As Chair of the Trustee board for Autistic Nottingham, I don’t get the confidential reports of individual clients, but what I do have is visibility over the impact of advocacy across the organization. Furthermore I see comments come in from other areas on our social media such as “we have nothing like this where weContinue reading “The Importance of Advocacy Awareness Week – From the Trustee Board”

Emojis: rows 1-3

Full list of Facebook Emojis: https://emojipedia.org/facebook/ Let’s talk emojis. When I talk to neurotypical people about how they support autistic people in their school/workplace, something that quite often comes up is, “oh, I’m going to use emojis as a visual representation of emotions!” However, when I talk to autistic people, they often don’t “get” emojisContinue reading “Emojis: rows 1-3”

Masterpost: Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania

Originally posted on The Artism Spectrum:
More than half the letters I get from my readers ask me for help with stimming—be it redirecting unsafe stims, ideas for healthy stimming, or developing sensory coping skills. I’ve decided to create a series of masterposts to serve as a kind of FAQ for these common issues! I’ll be…