undiagnosed Autism

Broken – Worthless – Unlikeable – A Failing Human Being – Stupid – Weird – Different – Strange – Most people don’t get it, they have no idea what autism is or what it feels like, but it isn’t really their fault. In all honesty, I was one of these people to continue, click on

A Late Diagnosed Autistic Person – a life in two halves

Receiving an Autism Diagnosis later in life can leave you feeling as though you have lived a life of two halves, before diagnosis and after diagnosis. I was 41 when I received my diagnosis and since then there have been many lightbulb moments and lots of looking back over my life. I sometimes wonder if

Autism and Over-explaining

Do you find that you have a strong need to explain yourself to others? I do!!! Personally, I think its down to negative experiences with communication differences and the misunderstandings that can cause. Growing up, and even in adulthood, I have been called rude or I have been accused of causing offence to someone, yet

Autism Pain: You’re being a Drama Queen

Something dawned on me yesterday; I have been experiencing a lot of pain in my legs and arms again recently, in fact my legs are swollen and the skin is so painful to touch. My partner thought I was exaggerating when I told him about it and said how difficult walking was becoming, that was

Autism and School Holidays

I used to feel guilty about the school holidays; I would see all the photos posted on Facebook and Instagram of how everyone else was spending their time, the number of days out, play dates, and the adventures they were all having. I tried hard to fit lots in, but our holidays looked nothing like

The Human Colony and the different Neurotypes

Recently, I have done a lot of thinking about Autism and the different neurodivergent conditions; I guess that is normal after receiving a diagnosis. I have sort of come up with a theory, I have no idea if it has been touched on before as I have not researched it. Back in the good old

Too Much Sleep

You would think being able to sleep would be a good thing; there was a time I was envious of my partner, 3 minutes after getting into bed he was out for the count. Yet, for me sleep was difficult, I wasn’t able to just sleep, my brain didn’t know how to switch off. It

The Autistic Early Years and beyond — Me, my child, and the Autism Spectrum

Autism can be less noticeable in girls, more so with Aspergers Syndrome as there is no developmental delay, which means they often don’t receive a diagnosis until much later, and that’s if they recieve a diagnosis at all. When my child was 3.5 years old, I remember asking her Key Worker at nursery whether she […]

An Autism Assessment As An Adult – Final Appointment

Well, its official, I am autistic. Specifically Asperger’s, the assessment screening I had still uses Asperger’s as a diagnosis. It has taken me 24hrs to get my head around the report, and to work out what I am feeling, I think I have experienced a whole host of different emotions, but the main one is

An Autism Assessment As An Adult – Part 3

My mum had her part of my autism assessment, it was done over the phone. I can’t go in to much depth about it as I was not present at the time; my mum has a really good memory and was able to answer a lot of the questions about my childhood. It was interesting