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Exposure Anxiety
Exposure anxiety is the "excruciating sense of audience to one’s own existence".
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APUK Blog
Our blog is written by and for Autistic parents. If you would like to contribute to our blog as a volunteer or guest blogger please get in touch. Guidelines for guest bloggers can be found here.
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Zoe APUK
- Jul 31
- 7 min
Escaping the Abyss: Healing From Childhood Trauma and CPTSD as an Autistic Person
This piece discusses the later impact of childhood trauma and the recovery process, but does not go into details of specific events.
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Zoe APUK
- May 29
- 7 min
Shame stories: breaking the cycle of parenting shame in Autistic families
This post was written by Jenni Guthrie and was originally published on Autistic Social Worker. I wrote this reflection following a...
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Zoe APUK
- May 15
- 2 min
The Biggest Changes are on the Inside.
Words and artwork by Becks Harper When I first shared my formal autism diagnosis with friends and family it coincided with a period in...
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Zoe APUK
- May 1
- 2 min
Writing, Motherhood and The Mask
What is it like to write about autistic experience as an autistic parent?
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Zoe APUK
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Recent Research On Fabricated Or Induced Illness (FII)
Latest research into Fabricated or Induced Illness - key findings for autistic parents.
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Zoe APUK
- Apr 6
- 9 min
Autistic Life Hacks: Housework Edition
This blog post covers ways to make housework more manageable, suggested by our members, who are all autistic parents themselves.
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Zoe APUK
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Mizuko: Autistic Pregnancy Diary - Part 3
Trigger Warning: Pregnancy Loss
This is the third and final instalment of our peer supporter’s pregnancy diary.
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Zoe APUK
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Heartbeats: Autistic Pregnancy Diary - Part 2
The second entry in a series of diaries capturing an Autistic parent’s honest experiences of pregnancy.
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Zoe APUK
- Feb 8
- 3 min
You: An Autistic Pregnancy Diary - Part 1
A heartfelt personal reflection on Autistic motherhood, written by one of our peer supporters.
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Zoe APUK
- Nov 8, 2023
- 5 min
Autistic Mental Health
Why are rates of mental illness so much higher in autistic people, and what can be done to help?
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Dr. Aimee Grant
- Aug 11, 2023
- 4 min
Autistic people told me they had questions about pregnancy, birth and beyond, so we answered them!
By Dr Aimee Grant, Swansea University I was diagnosed as Autistic in 2019. At this point, I already had eight years of postdoctoral...
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Ruth Jenks
- Jul 27, 2023
- 2 min
Wielding the Mask
Since entering the online Autistic community I have witnessed and even taken part in many conversations around ‘Unmasking.’ The basic...
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Zoe Williams
- Jul 3, 2023
- 3 min
Autistic Life Hacks: Sensory Edition
Different or atypical sensory experiences are common amongst autistic people - we can be hyper and/or hypo sensitive to different stimuli....
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Zoe APUK
- Apr 26, 2023
- 4 min
Am I Autistic?
Wondering if you are autistic? These resources will support you to explore your possible autistic traits.
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Zoe APUK
- Apr 13, 2023
- 4 min
Autistic Suicide and Suicidal Ideation
Why is the rate of suicide so high in autistic people, and what can be done about it?
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Zoe APUK
- Feb 24, 2023
- 3 min
Overcoming Internalised Ableism
How does internalised ableism affect autistic people and what can we do to overcome it?
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Zoe APUK
- Feb 1, 2023
- 5 min
Understanding Gender Identity for Autistic Parents
Information and advice on understanding gender identity for autistic parents.
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Zoe APUK
- Jan 25, 2023
- 3 min
Gestational Diabetes
Katie shares her experience of GD during her pregnancy. Trigger warnings: needles, hospital visits, blood mention, internalised fatphobia.
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David Gray-Hammond
- Jan 17, 2023
- 3 min
Neuroqueer Parenting
by Guest: David Gray-Hammond Neuroqueering is the practice of subverting or "queering" our embodiment and expression of our neurology. It...
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