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By Jenni McCabe Originally posted on Autistic Social Worker What is Parenting? Parenting is a privilege. You have the responsibility for...

Account and artwork by Esther Whitney (aka Doctor Doom) In the third trimester, I became all-consumed by anxiety about becoming a mother....

This statement seems to cause some confusion. Some people seem to believe that this refers solely to the cost of privatised healthcare...

by Esther Whitney (artist name: Dr Doom) Having grown up watching Disney movie after Disney movie (such as The Lion King, Dumbo, etc)....

By Esther Whitney (artist name: Doctor Doom) Content overview: Discussion of difficult breastfeeding experience and unsupportive...

By Esther Whitney (artist name: Doctor Doom) Content overview: Discussion of child removed from care, trauma and poor treatment from...

By Autistic Selves After we were first diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), we worked towards total integration of all of...

Autistic people have intrinsic worth but it might not be for the reasons you think… There is an argument I see in the neurotypical world...

Some may think this is fairly obvious coming from this space but the lack of support and resources indicate how invisible we have been....

Parents sometimes seem to worry about seeking diagnosis for their children, adults may even weigh up the options for themselves. As...

I wanted to write about how the still predominant authoritarian parenting styles of the neurotypical world don’t work for Autistic...

Autistic Parents UK a national user-led peer support organisation has been nominated for the Community Organisation Award (Disability) at...

CW: sharing past negative view of Autism Only three years ago I didn’t know much about Autism outside of the mainstream narrative. I knew...

[Video/audio reading available soon] Evidence suggests a strong and trusting relationship between the pregnant person and their midwife...

[Video/audio reading available soon] Having knowledge about pregnancy and birth is important for reducing anxiety and becoming your own...

[Video/Audio reading available soon] You don’t have to spend much time amongst neurodivergent people to come across the term ‘spoons’....

The first 12 weeks of pregnancy (counting from the first day of the last menstrual cycle) is called the first-trimester.

For a long time, Autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia were seen as deficits in the functioning of the brain. Normal brains are “right”...

Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) is a “therapy”* for autism that aims to suppress autistic behaviours in children so that they can...

[Video/audio reading available soon] This is not about making the sensory experience of your baby better. This is about making your...