My Thoughts on the neurodiverse world
Over the last three years, I have been looking for something to describe my journey. Today I learned that, I have been navigating through a maze. I think that for the last three years, I have been on the journey to the centre. Journeying on a reflective journey. A journey, to find the real me. […]
Read More The Maze: An Autistic Journey #ActuallyAutisticSo since writing my talk about my diagnosis, has brought up a lot of untouched trauma. Trauma that may or may not be related to being undiagnosed. Probably the biggest thing is being bullied relentlessly all through my school years. I grew up in a time when autism wasn’t as well understood. I spent years […]
Read More Untouched trauma #ActuallyAutisticSo four years on and I’m finally seeing the cost of lockdown. The isolation and dealing with my new diagnosis, took it’s toll. Now I’ve worked through some of the trauma of being late diagnosed and being able to feel some emotion. I have had to bottle it up. There were days when, suicide was […]
Read More The cost of lockdown #ActuallyAutisticSo it’s been a while. I thought I’d just update you. My mental health is improving and I’m thankful for all of my friends and family. I have been helping to train health professionals about autism, which has been a good experience. I’ve been trying to raise awareness and acceptance for autistic people. This has […]
Read More It’s been a while #ActuallyAutisticOver the last few months, I have been recovering from burnout. This has been a difficult time. I have been looking after myself better. I have started to unmask and find my true identity. I feel I’ve been masking to help others, this has caused a lot of stress and anxiety. Putting on the mask […]
Read More Unmasking and being authenticWell what a year it’s been. A year of transition and change. It’s been a year where I have struggled to the point of, wanting to end it all. It started promising. I fought to get support to help me. I did get that help, mental health support and then some work coaching. The work […]
Read More 2023 a perspectiveWell loads of positive things have happened. After almost two months after my first paid advocacy job. I’m beginning to find my confidence. I’m beginning to actually, promote myself better and share some of my thoughts. I’m seeing that being neurodivergent is a gift and I can really make a change. If I hadn’t done […]
Read More The last few months #ActuallyAutisticBefore attending the autistic empowerment conference. I thought I knew everything about how autism affected me. I was so wrong. I have learned that every day I’m learning something new. I realise that growth never stops. This realisation has opened up a new avenue for me. The biggest shift is in my mindset, to one […]
Read More Being an advocate #ActuallyAutisticAt the start of this year, I had so many plans and dreams. Little did I know, how it would go. It started with me fighting for proper support and help. I had lots of positive things happening. Then burnout hit, at first I didn’t realise that I was sinking into an abyss, an abyss […]
Read More Coming back from the abyss #ActuallyAutisticYesterday was the first time I felt like a real advocate. I was invited to do a Q&A on late diagnosed autism. It was a surreal experience, I have performed so many times as an actor and nailed it. But yesterday was different, I was on the spot. I didn’t know what to expect. The […]
Read More My first time advocating #ActuallyAutisticI’ve been thinking about, if I was diagnosed as a child. Could I live independently? This is a difficult question to answer, as it didn’t happen. Anyway, I’m going to try and explore it. As an adult who has lived for almost 50 years, without knowing and have lived independently for over 10 years. If […]
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My journey to neurodivergent joy 