#ASD

Aspie Trainers

Feb 13, 20183 min

Autism: a badge of honour, or a misunderstood way of being?

The past couple of days have seen autism come into the public eye once again. An article written by Damian Whitworth for The Times has...

Aspie Trainers

Jan 16, 20185 min

All the signs were there, so why was I missed? Part 2

Last week, I outlined the possible reasons why my autism was overlooked in childhood. In this post, I will list the autistic signs I...

Aspie Trainers

Jan 9, 20184 min

All the signs were there, so why was I missed? Part 1

As a child growing up, I displayed all the key signs of autism, yet the school called me “an enigma” and were confounded by my...

Aspie Trainers

Dec 19, 20172 min

All I want for Christmas...

Apparently it's the most wonderful time of the year, but for many autistic individuals the Christmas season can be the opposite. Lots of...

Aspie Trainers

Nov 7, 20175 min

Autism and Identity

There is a lot of stigma and misleading stereotypes surrounding autism. To name a few, that people with autism lack empathy, can’t be...

Aspie Trainers

Sep 12, 20175 min

Interests: How they help me, and why they sometimes don't.

Autistic people often get very interested in particular subjects or activities, which take up a lot of their time. My interests include:...

Aspie Trainers

Sep 5, 20172 min

Is it ice cream, or mashed potato?

Recently, there appears to have been a trend on food television programmes involving dishes which appear to be something which they are...

Aspie Trainers

Sep 5, 20174 min

Starting from the middle

Knowing where to start To mark our first blog post, I thought it would be good to start from the beginning, that is, to write about my...