Autistic and Living the Dream

Tag: Online

  • Reflecting on Four Years of Autism Advocacy Online

    Reflecting on Four Years of Autism Advocacy Online

    Social media is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate, and there are a few spaces that I am likely to leave in the next year or two. This is a difficult move for me, but it is necessary. I want to reflect on four years of Autistic and Living the Dream on social media. When I…

  • It’s not ok to not be ok

    It’s not ok to not be ok

    I shall be joining the online campaign ‘It’s Not Ok To Not Be Ok’ by Autistic Inclusive Meets CIC. Too often we are told that it is ‘ok to not be ok’. This is used to destigmatise mental health issues, which is validating in some ways but also puts the onus on the individual to…

  • Understanding Autistic friendships

    Understanding Autistic friendships

    Friendships have always been something I have struggled with, I have always been more ‘in to’ the person than they are me. I used to put so much of myself into my connections that when things ended it felt heartbreaking. I was basing friendships off TV shows like Friends and Fraser – that friends should…