Thoughts on all things Autism and mental health
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I have a bunch of health conditions and disabilities. I always joke that I misunderstood the rules and kept going to the back of the queue when they were handing out these things! One of the things I collected in the figurative queue was a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It has been part of my life […]
Employment: To disclose or not to disclose
Viewing the world through the lens of intersectionality – a concept coined by Kimberle Crenshaw – shows us that some groups of people have privilege. The categories of those who have privilege include men, cis gender people, heterosexual people, white people, wealthy people and able-bodied people. Chances are you will belong to at least one […]
I am a non-binary autistic person. Non-binary identity is a kind of transgender identity. I have many other trans autistic friends and am very proud to be an out trans person. Sadly not everyone shares my sense of pride and respect for trans people. Transphobia is very, very real and many of us experience bigotry […]
I saw a post on social media yesterday saying the COVID19 / coronavirus was a media beat up. I could understand where the poster was coming from as there has been some rather sensational reporting about the crisis but the virus is definitely not a beat-up. COVID19 is a real crisis and people are right […]
Trigger warning: Police shootings Most of us will come across emergency services in our lifetime – police, ambulance officers and firefighters. For autistic people these interactions can be very stressful and even dangerous. Emergency services personnel may not know a lot about autism meaning they misinterpret the actions of autistics. At its most extreme this […]
Hi All, In keeping with my new name of Yenn Purkis I have created a new WordPress blog site. It is this one: https://yennpurkis.home.blog While the content on this site will stay here, all new posts will be on the new site. If you wish to follow my new blog please feel free to do […]
On Monday I was at work, sitting at my desk when what I can only call a flash of inspiration hit me. In less than the time it took you to read the last sentence I found my name and I knew my name was Yenn. I think I’d better backtrack a bit. Last year […]
Last year I went to a breakfast with some of the community leadership people in Canberra. It was at a nice cafe and two of the people at the table ordered an omelette with black truffles. The wait person cam over and shaved truffles generously on both the omelettes. I struggle with mushrooms and fungus […]
I watched a movie for my movie night on Friday called Please Stand By. It is about an autistic young woman living in California. I won’t give spoilers in case you watch it but it got me thinking about why advocacy is so necessary. Attitudes toward the autistic woman were very much that she had […]
