Too many autistic people end up in psychiatric wards and hospitals in the UK and I am sure in other parts of the world also. Autism is...

Meltdowns, shutdowns, sensory seeking, stimming, demand avoidance - none  of this is bad or challenging behaviour.  I talk from personal...

I was born and raised in a very deprived part of South London and went to schools that had a lot of challenges, due to poor funding and...

This is not easy to write. It’s painful, as I understand the suffering caused when autistic people are mistreated and unnecessarily...

According to the Oxford dictionary resilience means: 1. The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. 2....

Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck were the two main therapists responsible for what we call cognitive behavioural therapy. It was mainly Beck...

You might just think I am bonkers for what I am about to say and dismiss it. However, many of us in the autistic community know what it...