Autistic and Living the Dream

Tag: Stigma

  • Asexual, aromantic and Autistic: “I don’t need fixing”

    Asexual, aromantic and Autistic: “I don’t need fixing”

    This content addresses the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Autistic individuals’ capacity for love and intimacy, particularly the erasure and phobia faced by those who identify as asexual or aromantic. It emphasizes the need for understanding and respecting diverse identities and urges for education and advocacy to empower and support Autistic individuals.

  • Coaching wheelchair basketball as an “able-bodied” person

    Coaching wheelchair basketball as an “able-bodied” person

    I have coached wheelchair basketball for over eight years, I do this alongside another fantastic coach and some truly dedicated volunteers. Our players have different backgrounds, abilities and disabilities, ages and gender. It is one of my favourite parts of my working week and I don’t talk about if often enough. I wonder what puts…

  • Helping our younger selves

    Helping our younger selves

    The author shares the challenges of being a neurodivergent person who wants to support others like them. They express frustration at not being taken seriously in conversations about neurodivergent children, and highlight the harmful impact of society’s attitudes. They emphasize the need for genuine understanding and support for neurodivergent individuals and their families.

  • Attention hyperactivity: ditching the ‘disorder’ and ‘deficit’

    Attention hyperactivity: ditching the ‘disorder’ and ‘deficit’

    I only recently came to the conclusion that I am ADHD. There are so many reasons why this has only occurred to me at the blessed age of 31, and most of them are due to word usage. Attention deficit: I only experience a deficit of attention when something is particularly boring! I am noinattentive…