# autistic people (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover autistic people. Page: Feed: --- ## [Writing in a Heatwave](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/writing-in-a-heatwave/) _2026-08-02 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ You may not have noticed this, but it’s hot. Oxfordshire, not really known for its weather (or much at all, really) has turned yellow. I... ## [Slightly Unhinged: Geeky Obsessions](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-geeky-obsessions/) _2026-06-26 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ When a character has a weird obsession, it's not just background colour, it affects the way they live their lives. ## [Slightly Unhinged: Mountweazels](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-mountweazels/) _2026-06-09 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ Everything about Mountweazels is slightly unhinged, from their name to the reasons they exist. ## [Story: A Gift from a Crow](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/story-a-gift-from-a-crow/) _2026-06-05 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ In the park, a wise old crow is fond of sausage rolls. ## [Prompt: A Gift From a Crow](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/a-gift-from-a-crow/) _2026-05-31 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ It has been quiet at work lately, and while that begins as a blessing, it rapidly becomes a curse. There’s nothing quite as enervating as... ## [On Hopepunk](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/on-hopepunk/) _2026-05-23 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ Hopepunk narratives are a true antidote to real-world grimness, showing ordinary people fighting for a better word. ## [Slightly Unhinged: How Does the Cookie Crumble?](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-how-does-the-cookie-crumble/) _2026-05-12 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ There's something delightfully unhinged about fortune cookies. ## [Don’t Forget to Feed the Fish](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/dont-forget-to-feed-the-fish/) _2026-05-01 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ An Oracle, an acolyte, a lake full of rainbow fish and a world full of questions. ## [Slightly Unhinged: They’re Going to Need a Bigger Table](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-theyre-going-to-need-a-bigger-table/) _2026-04-23 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ Who needs reality, when you can have Slightly Unhinged writing prompts? ## [Autistic people seem to feel joy differently – here’s what it can tell us about neurodivergence](https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/autistic-people-seem-to-feel-joy-differently-heres-what-it-can-tell-us-about-neurodivergence/) _2026-03-09 · Emma Doughty · The Unconventional Gardener_ When thinking about autism, and autistic people, it is important to not only focus on the difficulties. Autistic people have a great capacity for joy, but need spaces that feel safe enough to be their authentic, joyful selves. ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iwDZrSTiWy2P) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Before I Step Back...](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/before-i-step-back/) _2025-11-21 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ A pause, not a disappearance There is no easy way to write this. But if Autism Answers Back is going to stay honest, then I need to be honest too. I am stepping back from the project for now. This is not a dramatic exit. It is not a crisis. It is not the result of backlash or pressure or some hidden conflict. It is something simpler and harder to name. A kind of completion. A recognition that the… ## [Autism Erasure Packaged, Delivered and Predicted](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/early-means-before-we-exist/) _2025-11-21 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ When “Early” Means Before We Exist A study out of Purdue University examines the feasibility and acceptability of home-based collection of biological and environmental samples related to later autism diagnosis. The authors explicitly note that there is not yet a clear predictive association between genetics, environment and autism. The paper’s goal is exploratory, assessing how acceptable such… ## [Paracetamol (Acetaminophen), Pregnancy and Autism: What the New BMJ Review Really Shows](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/paracetamol-pregnancy-and-autism-what-the-new-bmj-review-really-shows/) _2025-11-18 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ Review finds no evidence linking prenatal paracetamol use to autism Over the past few months we've seen a resurgence of a tired old claim: that taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy increases a child’s likelihood of developing autism. The spark this time came from a high‑profile political statement, not a scientific breakthrough. Yet the anxiety it generated was real. Pregnant women… ## [Maternal Misconduct: The Shocking Link Between Mothers and Their Children’s Left Hands](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/maternal-misconduct-the-shocking-link-between-mothers-and-their-childrens-left-hands/) _2025-11-14 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ Groundbreaking research reveals what we already suspected — everything is Mom’s fault. By Dr. Eustace H. Conformer, PhD (Paternal Studies Division) Journal of Maternal Causality, Vol. 45, No. 11 In a stunning revelation sure to reshape the fields of neurology, psychology, and unsolicited parenting advice, researchers at the Institute for Lateral Deviance have discovered that a child’s… ## [Autism Research Keeps Blaming Moms](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/autism-research-keeps-blaming-moms/) _2025-11-12 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ This Time, Lactation Becomes a Morality Test A familiar rhythm tends to resonate from autism papers. A researcher notices that autistic children were, on average, breastfed less often. Then comes the “association” headline followed by the regression table, each one mplying the same unspoken conclusion: maybe, if mothers breastfed longer, fewer kids would be autistic. That is not science speaking.… ## ["Prevention" Is Not Supposed to Mean Erasure](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/prevention-is-not-supposed-to-mean-erasure/) _2025-11-10 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ How Autism Disappears Inside the Language of Clean Air In October 2025 a major Ontario cohort study linked prenatal exposure to fine-particle pollution with a higher chance of an autism diagnosis. The team tracked more than two million births and found that sulfate and ammonium — chemical components of PM2.5 — correlated with slightly higher autism rates, especially in mid- to late pregnancy.… ## [Science, Power and the Myth of Neutrality](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/science-power-and-the-myth-of-neutrality/) _2025-11-07 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ Not “Anti-Science,” Just “Anti-Control” Every time autistic people question how science studies us, we get called ideologues. The word lands with a thud: conversation over. It sounds rational — as if neutrality has just been restored — but what it really does is try to reassert control. The scientist stays "objective." The autistic critic becomes "emotional, political, unqualified." That divide… ## [Autism Charities Frame Power and Pity](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/autism-charities-frame-power-and-pity/) _2025-11-05 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ Study Exposes How Institutional Narratives Shape Public Understanding of Autism In late October 2025 a PLOS ONE paper by Helen Abnett, Kathryn Williams, Willow Holloway and Aimee Grant quietly shifted the ground under Britain’s autism sector . It didn’t announce a cure or a crisis. It simply read what charities wrote about autistic people and asked what those words revealed. What the authors found… ## ['Adverse': The Hidden Judgment Inside One Clinical Word](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/adverse-the-hidden-judgment-inside-one-clinical-word/) _2025-11-04 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ When Clinical Terms are Written in Stone, They Turn Autism into Damage In a recent Mass General Brigham research study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology journal about COVID-19 and its effects during pregnancy , the authors characterized autism and developmental differences as potential “adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.” Webster's Dictionary defines "adverse" as harmful. That single word… ## [When Not Naming Heals: Rethinking Autism Diagnosis](https://autismanswersback.bearblog.dev/when-not-naming-heals-rethinking-autism-diagnosis/) _2025-11-03 · autismanswersback · Autism Answers Back_ Sometimes the most ethical diagnosis is the one left unwritten A new Viewpoint paper by two pediatricians lays the groundwork for a long‑overdue shift inside clinical autism practice. Lester Liao and Mohammad Zubairi’s 2025 article, A Collaborative Approach to Assessment and (Non)Diagnosis of Autism , published in JAMA Pediatrics , is not another call for earlier identification or more refined… ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JlxNHud3xRM6) _2025-11-03 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Join me at a NEW Podcast!](https://mattlowrylpp.substack.com/p/join-me-at-a-new-podcast) _2025-07-30 · Matt Lowry, LPP · Matt Lowry, LPP_ The Autistic V.O.I.C.E. Project! ## [Hyperphantasia - The Joy and Challenges of Vivid Imagery in Therapy](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/hyperphantasia-the-joy-and-challenges-of-vivid-imagery-in-therapy) _2025-05-15 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ To be hyperphantic is to be able to experience vivid mental imagery. This can both be extremely exciting, joyous, and helpful but it also can be distressing at times. Here I explore my own experiences of hyperphantasia and other imagery variances and how being aware and understanding these differences has helped me gain deeper knowledge of myself - and most importantly, how to look after myself. ## [The Fog of the Unknown](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/the-fog-of-the-unknown) _2025-04-30 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ Sitting in the uncomfortable foggy unknown is a well trodden path for so many autistic folk. For many of us, we have lived our lives having to second guess, reels of time pondering meaning, years working out and analysing conversations, and reliving desperately embarrassing/awkward/painful memories, where we feel we just got it ‘wrong’, but we are not sure how or why. It is extremely common for… ## [Capability vs Capacity](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/capability-vs-capacity) _2025-04-15 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ Understanding the balance and impact of capability vs capacity for Neurodivergent folk. ## [Belief and Disbelief](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/belief-and-disbelief) _2025-03-09 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ The belief system for neurodivergent folk is complex. We are so often not believed, and conditioned by society to push aside our internal trust and beliefs. Here I explore the belief and disbelief. ## [Fizz & Frazzle of Celebrations](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/fizz-amp-frazzle-of-celebrations) _2024-11-03 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ It is my birthday next week. A "big one"..whatever that means. My concept of birthdays is not typical. I find it confusing that we celebrate them, and why does a mark of another decade mean more than any other year..? Anyway…!.. In my head this week I've been whirling around potential happy and joyful reactions, scripting heartfelt thank yous, imagining authentic smiles of gratitude, and generally… ## [What if we Connected rather than Controlled?](https://www.bexmilgatetherapy.com/blog/meeting-control-with-connection) _2024-10-20 · Rebecca Milgate · Blog & Research - Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation_ I see control absolutely everywhere. It is purposely weaved into our society. Into our souls. It is weaved in like a barbed needle, it is weaved in due to fear. A teacher friend describing the traffic light rewards system for behaviour in their class, the ableist loopholes to gain access to support by the various government systems, behaviourist therapists believing that "controlling appropriate…