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Author: David Gray-Hammond

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  • David Gray-Hammond is an Autistic, ADHD, and Schizophrenic author. He wrote "The New Normal: Autistic musings on the threat of a broken society" and "Unusual Medicine: Essays on Autistic experience and drug addiction".

    He works as a consultant, mentor, trainer, and advocate, with a particular focus on the intersection between Autistic experience and substance use/complex mental health concerns.

    He has worked with Clinical Commissioning Groups on harm reduction schemes and to represent the rights of neurodivergent people in substance use treatment. He can be found online, or spending time with his family.

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Autistic Rights, Autistic Wellbeing, neurodiversity, Mental Health Treatment Rights, Healthcare, disability, Society, Autism

CAMHS: Can they really help your Autistic child?

by David Gray-Hammond 1
In previous articles I have spoken extensively about the myriad ways in which Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) fail Autistic people. So, can CAMHS... Read more.
Neurofuturism, neurodiversity, Autistic Rhizome, Neuroqueering, Neuroqueer Theory, philosophy, Society

Reclaiming Neurofuturism: The Liminal as a space of Queer potential

by David Gray-Hammond 0
Further to my response to Edgar (2024a) addressing the litigious nature of neurodivergent embodiment (Gray-Hammond, 2024), is Edgar’s response considering... Read more.
CAMHS: Coping with parent carer burnout
disability, Autistic Parenting, Trauma, Autism, Autistic Rights, Autistic Wellbeing, neurodiversity, Mental Health Treatment Rights, Society

CAMHS: Coping with parent carer burnout

by David Gray-Hammond 0
The campaign against Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services failures for Autistic children highlights the impact on children, but what about parent carers?... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Rights, neurodiversity, Autistic Wellbeing, Mental Health Treatment Rights, disability, Society

CAMHS in Crisis: Wait Times Are Harming Autistic Children

by David Gray-Hammond 0
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have significantly long wait times, with over 400,000 children on waiting lists as of May 2023. Autistic children... Read more.
disability, Autistic Rhizome, Neuroqueering, Autistic Rights, Neuroqueer Theory, Autistic Pride, Autistic Culture, Society, philosophy, Neurofuturism, neurodiversity

Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Responding to “The Double Empathy Problem is DEEP” by Edgar, 2024

by David Gray-Hammond 0
Responding to Edgar (2024), David explores how the double empathy divide has been intentionally weaponised, preventing the connection and collective power of monority... Read more.
Mental Health Treatment Rights, disability, Society, Autism, Autistic Rights, neurodiversity, Autistic Wellbeing

CAMHS: My Autistic Child’s been referred… Now what?

by David Gray-Hammond 0
Your child has been referred to CAMHS, but what are you supposed to do now? This article contains advice on interactions and questions you should be asking professionals.... Read more.
Autism, Mental Health, Psychosis, neurodiversity, Autistic Wellbeing, General Wellbeing

The AuDHD Burnout to Psychosis Cycle: A personal experience

by David Gray-Hammond 1
"Psychosis adds an interesting spiciness to this experience. When I start sinking, my brain tells me that someone else is pulling me under. This is the type of delusions... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Rights, Autistic Wellbeing, Mental Health Treatment Rights, Healthcare, neurodiversity, Society, disability, Trauma

CAMHS: The Silent Epidemic Stealing Our Autistic Children

by David Gray-Hammond 2
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK have been failing Autistic children, leading to tragic outcomes. At least 46 children died under CAMHS... Read more.
Is autism a disorder?
Autistic Pride, Society, disability, philosophy, Neurofuturism, Autistic Culture, neurodiversity, Autism

Is autism a disorder?

by David Gray-Hammond 0
Is autism a disorder? This has been a point of contention for a long time. In this article, David explores this question through his own experience.... Read more.

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