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Flare Earplugs: A day in my life

Flare were kind enough to send us at Autistic Nottingham several pairs of their regular Calmer earplugs, so knowing I was bound to have a busy day moving around between the new office, old office and spending some time in a busy coffee shop, I thought it would be a lovely opportunity to test theseContinue reading “Flare Earplugs: A day in my life”

Q&A Session – September 2023

Hello All! Thank You to those who attended our Q&A Session; it was a good range of questions and discussions. Originally we had planned to record the meeting and put up the video, but there were various reasons why we thought actually doing a blog post and putting it all down in writing might beContinue reading “Q&A Session – September 2023”

Sun Cream – Sensory Issues & Overcoming Them!

(Any products specifically mentioned are just from the experience of one person)   While the weather outside is changeable to say the least at the moment, there’s more unseasonable warmth on the cards. We all know how important sunscreen is, how easy it can be to miss signs of skin cancer (not to be dramatic) so,Continue reading “Sun Cream – Sensory Issues & Overcoming Them!”

Battling Burnout

Autistic burnout is when you’ve pushed yourself too hard for too long, and your brain and body just can’t take it anymore. It’s like trying to move through quicksand, where every step forward is a struggle and eventually, you’re too exhausted to go on. It’s not just from being Autistic – it can happen toContinue reading “Battling Burnout”

The Autism Mental Health Paradox

Full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21582041.2021.1998589 AccessibleAcademia #AccessibleAcademia Who: Will Mandy Journal: Autism Volume 26 Issue 2 Published: February 2022 Title: Six ideas about how to address the autism mental health crisis (https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211067928) 1/10 The Autism Mental Health Paradox This editorial looks at how autistic people are most likely to need mental health support but least likely toContinue reading “The Autism Mental Health Paradox”

The Autistic Advantage

1/34Grant & Kara, 2021 Full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21582041.2021.1998589 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Grant & KaraWhere: Contemporary Social SciencePublished: 2021Title: Considering the Autistic advantage in qualitative research: the strengths of Autistic researchers The Autistic Advantage This paper, written by two Autistic researchers, outlines the strengths & benefits of Autistic researchers, and provides recommendations for employersContinue reading “The Autistic Advantage”

Multilingual Autistic Adults

1/15Nolte et al, 2021 Full article: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/aut.2020.0067 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Nolte and colleaguesWhere: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2021Title: Perspectives and Experiences of Autistic Multilingual Adults: A Qualitative Analysis Multilingual Autistic Adults This research wanted to explore the experiences of multilingual autistic adults. 2/15Nolte et al, 2021 While autism is associated with social communicationContinue reading “Multilingual Autistic Adults”

Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality

1/43Stenning, 2020 Full article: https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/39439/9780367338312_oachapter7.pdf AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: StenningWhere: Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical ParadigmPublished: 2020Title: Understanding empathy through a study of autistic life writing: On the importance of neurodivergent morality Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality This paper is a study of the history of autistic life writing & what thisContinue reading “Autistic Life Writing, Empathy, & Morality”