Lilipadding Through Autistic Burnout: A Practical Guide to Rehabilitation
Autistic burnout is a profound exhaustion stemming from unmet societal expectations. It manifests as brain fog, physical depletion, and loss of coping strategies. The concept of lilipadding emphasizes small, manageable steps toward recovery, allowing individuals to navigate their journeys without shame. This practice promotes self-acceptance and healing within societal constraints.
Lilipadding for Autistic People: Reducing Transitional Trauma for Monotropic Minds
Monotropism, and the subsequent work of Tanya Adkin in conceptualising Monotropic split, has been an incredibly meaningful set of ideas for the neurodivergent community. One of the most common questions, however, has been- How do we fix it?
This article aims to answer that question. This is a solution to Monotropic split.
The Facebook Group Claiming Autistic Kids Are Telepathic
The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast with an extraordinary claim: non-speaking Autistic people are telepathic. Unsurprisingly, this has stirred a lot of talk online, but could this idea be putting Autistic children at risk?
Learning To Live: A Reflection At 9 Years Sober
Today, April 7th, 2025, i am nine years sober. Here is what I have learned.
Does Autism Need To Be Cured?
An exploration of autism cure culture.
Autistic Parenting: Parenting through burnout
Adulting is hard enough, parenting is hard enough. Together they come with a number of considerations for how we can be effective in our role as Autistic parents. In particular, we have to consider the impact of Autistic burnout, which can have a significant effect on not just us, but also our families. Autistic parenting is a challenge with many positives and some significant challenges.
Neuroqueer: Neuro-anarchy and the Chaotic Self
In this latest issue of the Neuroqueer blog series, David Gray-Hammond and Katie Munday explore the relationship between neuro-anarchy and the Chaotic Self, considering how the two synergise and what this means for the growth of healthy neurocultures.
Neuroqueer: Depathologising psychiatric “conditions”
A consideration on how neuroqueer theory can be used to depathologise the field of psychiatry and psychiatric conditions.
Neuroqueer: Gender Identity and Autistic Embodiment
This article looks at neuroqueer theory and the Autistic embodiment of gender. It considers how one might construct their gender, and how being Autistic queers our ideas of gender.
Lilipadding Through Autistic Burnout: A Practical Guide to Rehabilitation
Autistic burnout is a profound exhaustion stemming from unmet societal expectations. It manifests as brain fog, physical depletion, and loss of coping strategies. The concept of lilipadding emphasizes small, manageable steps toward recovery, allowing individuals to navigate their journeys without shame. This practice promotes self-acceptance and healing within societal constraints.
Lilipadding for Autistic People: Reducing Transitional Trauma for Monotropic Minds
Monotropism, and the subsequent work of Tanya Adkin in conceptualising Monotropic split, has been an incredibly meaningful set of ideas for the neurodivergent community. One of the most common questions, however, has been- How do we fix it?
This article aims to answer that question. This is a solution to Monotropic split.
Monotropism: Monotropic Split & The Bodymind Environment
In This article, David and Tanya explore the bodymind as an environmental contributor in it’s own right and how that contributes to monotropic split. It highlights the relevance of managing pain and illness for the prevention of monotropic split and burnout.
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 interoceptive stimming. This proved to be a very popular topic and we felt it necessary to expand on this more via this series. In our experience working directly with Autistic individuals experiencing various levels of distress and crisis, what is often conceptualised as “behavioural” can be attributed to interoceptive self-stimulation.
Creating Autistic Suffering: The Self-Diagnosis Debate
To speak against self-diagnosis is to parade one’s own ignorance for all to see.
