My name is Colm Philpott, and I'm autistic. I started this blog to debunk the many, many, many misconceptions about autistic people, we're actually quite awesome when you get to know us! I also talk about three of my biggest interests, music, cycling and astronomy, and also anything else that piques my interest.
I need everything to be the same but also nice things that happen unexpectedly give me great joy. After 36 years I still haven’t figured that one out. So when I’m in West Cork what I like to do is take my saz to Woodpoint and play, the audience mainly being the birds, but sometimes … Continue reading An Unexpected Musical Moment At Woodpoint
So this is a follow up blogpost to my previous post “What If An Autistic Person Wants A Cure." https://autismneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/what-if-an-autistic-person-wants-a-cure/ In it I talked about how for some autistic people, they may feel that their autism causes only disadvantages, and no advantages, so they may wish that there was a way for them to not … Continue reading If My Autism Was All Cons and No Pros I Still Wouldn’t Want a Cure
Oh hello, would you like to have a three to four hour conversation about organs? Did you know that Laurens Hammond wasn’t even a musician and wasn’t in favour of combining the organ he invented with the iconic Leslie Speaker? What’s that, you’re busy? Oh that’s fine, we will continue this four hour discussion tomorrow, … Continue reading Autistic Special Interests And Why I Won’t Shut Up About Organs
Picked Up This Book At The Concert, It Details the History of the Close To the Edge Album, a Nice Souvenir I am beyond overjoyed to say I got to see Yes perform in the Opera House yesterday. I am a massive prog rock fan, and to see one of the giants of the genre … Continue reading Yes Coming to Play in Cork Was A Dream Come True
Ponderings Of An Autist 