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Gestational Diabetes
Katie shares her experience of GD during her pregnancy. Trigger warnings: needles, hospital visits, blood mention, internalised fatphobia.
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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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David Gray-Hammond
- Jan 17
- 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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Zoe Williams
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
Autistic Burnout in Parenthood
by Zoe Williams Autistic burnout is an experience that is only just beginning to gain formal recognition, despite the fact that Autistic...
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Zoe Williams
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
Late Identification of Autism
by Zoe Williams Finding out you are Autistic as an adult can be like peeling layers off an onion or a blurry image slowly coming into...
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Esther Whitney
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: Juggling chronic health conditions, Autistic parenthood and University
Trying to dodge hurtling bricks by Esther Whitney (artist name: Dr Doom) I have chronic and debilitating migraines; I have suffered from...
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Zoe Williams
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
School Attendance
by Zoe Williams School attendance is a hot topic, with the government making it a top priority and schools giving out rewards for high...
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Zoe Williams
- Sep 3, 2022
- 8 min
Home Education for Autistic Parents
by Zoe Williams Here in the UK, we are fortunate to have the option to home-educate our children. You may be surprised to learn that...
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Ruth Jenks
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
Understanding and Supporting Autistic Communication
by Ruth Jenks During a recent webinar, I was discussing Autistic communication. I was explaining that Autistic people can experience...
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Becks Harper
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Musings on the Family Balancing Act
By Becks Harper, Autistic, wife, mum to 3 sons, crafter of various creations, seeker of deeper understandings and sharer of my mind! I...
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Jenni McCabe
- May 22, 2022
- 4 min
Reconsidering Parenting through an Autism Lens
By Jenni McCabe Originally posted on Autistic Social Worker What is Parenting? Parenting is a privilege. You have the responsibility for...
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Esther Whitney
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Personal Account: Anxiety in the Third Trimester
Account and artwork by Esther Whitney (aka Doctor Doom) In the third trimester, I became all-consumed by anxiety about becoming a mother....
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Ruth Jenks
- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
Self-identification is valid. Formal identification is a privilege.
This statement seems to cause some confusion. Some people seem to believe that this refers solely to the cost of privatised healthcare...
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Esther Whitney
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: Bonding with my baby - It wasn’t like a Disney movie
by Esther Whitney (artist name: Dr Doom) Having grown up watching Disney movie after Disney movie (such as The Lion King, Dumbo, etc)....
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Esther Whitney
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: Breastfeeding as an Autistic Parent
By Esther Whitney (artist name: Doctor Doom) Content overview: Discussion of difficult breastfeeding experience and unsupportive...
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Esther Whitney
- Feb 5, 2022
- 2 min
Personal Account: The Internal Eternal Scream
By Esther Whitney (artist name: Doctor Doom) Content overview: Discussion of child removed from care, trauma and poor treatment from...
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Autistic Parents UK
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
Autistic Parenthood with DID
By Autistic Selves After we were first diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), we worked towards total integration of all of...
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Ruth Jenks
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Autistic People Have Worth
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...
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Ruth Jenks
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Autistic People Can Be Parents
Some may think this is fairly obvious coming from this space but the lack of support and resources indicate how invisible we have been....
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Ruth Jenks
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Being Autistic is an Identity, Not Just a Label.
Parents sometimes seem to worry about seeking diagnosis for their children, adults may even weigh up the options for themselves. As...
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Ruth Jenks
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
It's never too late to change paths
I wanted to write about how the still predominant authoritarian parenting styles of the neurotypical world don’t work for Autistic...
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