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AuDHD, Autism, Autistic Sensory Experience, Autistic Sexuality, Autistic Wellbeing, neurodiversity

Creating Autistic Suffering: Interoceptive stimming or “challenging behaviour”?

TW: Discusses Challenging Behaviour, Disordered Eating, Sex and Related Activities, Self-Injury, and Victimisation Recently David posted an infographic about i... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Wellbeing, disability, Healthcare, Mental Health Treatment Rights, Society, Trauma

Creating Autistic suffering: CAMHS advise “safe cutting” for Autistic children

This article was co-authored by Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond This article contains detailed discussion of self-harm and CAMHS failures Please Sign this pe... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Community, Mental Health, neurodiversity, Neuroqueer Theory, Society, Trauma

Creating Autistic Suffering: The Self-Diagnosis Debate

To speak against self-diagnosis is to parade one's own ignorance for all to see.... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Wellbeing, Mental Health, neurodiversity, Trauma

What is meerkat mode and how does it relate to AuDHD?

This article was authored by Tanya Adkin “ Lovingly dubbed “meerkat mode” by Tanya due to the heightened state of vigilance and arousal it presents, i... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Wellbeing, disability, Mental Health, neurodiversity, Psychosis

Creating Autistic Suffering: The AuDHD Burnout to Psychosis Cycle- A deeper look

This article was co-authored by Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond Monotropism is a theory of autism. It is used interchangeably as a theory and also a trait th... Read more.
ADHD, Autism, Autistic Community, Autistic Rights, Autistic Wellbeing, Harmful Cures, Healthcare, medication, Mental Health Treatment Rights, neurodiversity, PDA, Restraint and Seclusion, Society, Trauma

Creating Autistic Suffering: CAMHS kills kids

This article was co-authored by David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin This article includes exerts from interviews conducted by David, all interviewee’s gave... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Community, disability, neurodiversity, PDA, Society, Trauma

PDA: Are we repeating the same mistakes we’ve already made?

Much in the way that historical research around autism has looked at young, white boys, creating bias in the diagnostic criteria (which is responsible for an un... Read more.
Autism, Autistic Wellbeing, Mental Health, neurodiversity, Psychosis, Trauma

Creating Autistic Suffering: What is Atypical Burnout?

This article was co-authored by Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond The literature around Autistic burnout is in it’s infancy with regards to academic pape... Read more.
Autistic Wellbeing, Mental Health, neurodiversity, Society, Trauma

Mask on, Mask off: How the common understanding of Autistic masking is creating another mask

This post was authored by Tanya Adkin Over the years I’ve been privileged enough to play a part in the discovery journey of what must be hundreds of Autis... Read more.
Autistic Community, Autistic Rights, Autistic Wellbeing, neurodiversity, Society

Creating Autistic Suffering: Autistic safety and neurodivergence competency

What does it take to support Autistic people in a professional context? David and Tanya explore the concept of neurodivergence competency and invite you to join... Read more.
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