If there is one recurring theme I come across time and again in my work, it’s that reduced psychological wellbeing in Autistic people is inherently linked to our sense ofContinue reading “Positive self-identity and Autistic mental health”
Category Archives: Mental Health
(Mis)perceptions of reality: Autism, psychosis, and my quest for objective truth
A brief venture into the questions that being Autistic and psychotic have raised for me, ending with the only thing i knownto be true.
Transcript of Podcast Interview about my book
Below is the transcript of the podcast interview I did with Natasha Golding about my book The New Normal: Autistic musings on the threat of a broken society with referencesContinue reading “Transcript of Podcast Interview about my book”
My first book “The New Normal” has been published!
I extremely excited to announce that my first solo authored book has been published. The book is called The New Normal: Autistic Musings on the threat of a broken society.Continue reading “My first book “The New Normal” has been published!”
I’ve launched my own business! DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy!
For a while now, it has been a dream of mine to make Autistic knowledge sharing my career. I love the Autistic community, and want to help improve the environmentsContinue reading “I’ve launched my own business! DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy!”
Neuroqueer: Authentic embodiment of mental health
This article was Co-Authored by David Gray-Hammond and Katie Munday Trigger Warning: Discussion of mental health It is a surprisingly contentious discussion to have, but the neurodiversity paradigm does notContinue reading “Neuroqueer: Authentic embodiment of mental health”
Ben Nelson-Roux and Chris Nota: Two tragic tales of systemic failings
This article was Co-Authored by Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond Trigger Warning: Death, drug and alcohol use, suicide, systemic failure, mental health crisis, inpatient psychiatric care. The 13th of SeptemberContinue reading “Ben Nelson-Roux and Chris Nota: Two tragic tales of systemic failings”
Is mental “illness” actually the brain trying to protect itself?
Up until about a year ago, I still sat firmly in the camp that, while I viewed myself as multiply neurodivergent, I was mentally ill. Over the past year IContinue reading “Is mental “illness” actually the brain trying to protect itself?”
Neuronormativity, the pathologisation of Mental health, and the normalising of suffering
In recent years mental health has become more widely talked about, thanks to the popularisation of the “it’s okay not to be okay” trope. On the surface this is aContinue reading “Neuronormativity, the pathologisation of Mental health, and the normalising of suffering”
The Mental Health Act (1983) explained
This article briefly walks through the most commonly encountered parts of the mental health act and what they mean for an individual.
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