What if Neurotypicals (Non-Autistics) Were Stigmatized the Way Autistic People Are?

Originally Posted to Facebook On April 18th What would the world look like if being neurotypical had the same stigma attached to it that being autistic has? What if autistic people were the majority, and they had a similar negative understanding of being neurotypical that many people have towards autism currently? I thought it would … Continue reading What if Neurotypicals (Non-Autistics) Were Stigmatized the Way Autistic People Are? →

The Spiky Skill Set, Good or Bad, But Nothing In Between

Autistic people's skillsets tend to be different From neurotypical people's skillsets. Here I try to explain the autistic skillset, and how the ideas and skills autistic people have brought to the table have helped humanity.

The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains

I’ve been cycling to the Nagle Mountains since the year 2014. And I found this mountain range by sheer chance. One day I was just looking around places to the north of Cork city on Google Maps, and to my surprise there was a mountain range there, that I had never heard of, and that … Continue reading The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains →

So, What Is It Actually Like To Be Autistic?

First posted to Facebook on April 16th Hello all, this is, to the best of my ability, my attempt to describe what it is like to be autistic. I can’t say for certain that other autistic people experience these things, or even that neurotypical people don’t experience these things, but I thought it might be … Continue reading So, What Is It Actually Like To Be Autistic? →

Why I Don’t Use the Term Asperger’s Syndrome (Even Though It Was What I Was Diagnosed With)

Originally posted to Facebook on April 10th. Why I Don’t Use the Term Asperger’s Syndrome (Even Though It Was What I Was Diagnosed With) Hello all, many autistic people were diagnosed with, for want of a better word, a specific type of autism called Asperger’s Syndrome. And this is what I was diagnosed with. However, … Continue reading Why I Don’t Use the Term Asperger’s Syndrome (Even Though It Was What I Was Diagnosed With) →

Autism Speaks, A Disgraceful Organization That Do Not Speak For Autistic People

Originally posted to Facebook on April 6th Imagine a world where everything is the exact opposite of what it was now. In this world, the sun would rise in the West and set in the East, hot snow would fall up, and gazelles would chase lions. In this imaginary world, what would advocacy groups for … Continue reading Autism Speaks, A Disgraceful Organization That Do Not Speak For Autistic People →

The Most Moderately Difficult Cycle I Ever Did

I’ve talked about the most difficult cycle I ever did: At the risk of being anti-climatic after that, I talked about the second most difficult cycle I ever did: Now, at the risk of being even more anti-climatic again, I am going to talk about, the most moderately difficult cycle I ever did. Yeah, I’m … Continue reading The Most Moderately Difficult Cycle I Ever Did →

What I Thought Autism Was (And It’s Part of The Reason I Went Into Denial.)

Part 2 of my "What Is Autism?" Series Content Warning: Descriptions of the unfortunate opinions I used to have on autistic people while I was in denial about my autism status. I'm not proud of these opinions now but nevertheless this is what I thought at the time. I got my autism diagnoses in 2010, … Continue reading What I Thought Autism Was (And It’s Part of The Reason I Went Into Denial.) →

What Is Autism?

Part 1: Introduction So this is the first post in a series of posts I am writing, called “What is Autism?”. It could be four posts, ten posts, or I may contribute to this series for years to come, it’s not clear at this point. I’m hoping to do at minimum one of these posts … Continue reading What Is Autism? →

The Tenth Sunrise

I hate waking up early, getting out of a warm, comfortable bed to walk in the cold should be considered a form of madness! Madness, I tell you! But it can be worth it to see spectacular sunrises over the ocean in Woodpoint.