Me with Mum, just after I returned from Egypt in the summer of 2002. It’s now 7 years since my mum passed away, and I feel that the time...

The past couple of days have seen autism come into the public eye once again.  An article written by Damian Whitworth for The Times has...

Last week, I outlined the possible reasons why my autism was overlooked in childhood. In this post, I will list the autistic signs I...

As a child growing up, I displayed all the key signs of autism, yet the school called me “an enigma” and were confounded by my...

Apparently it's the most wonderful time of the year, but for many autistic individuals the Christmas season can be the opposite. Lots of...

There is a lot of stigma and misleading stereotypes surrounding autism. To name a few, that people with autism lack empathy, can’t be...

Autistic people often get very interested in particular subjects or activities, which take up a lot of their time. My interests include:...

Recently, there appears to have been a trend on food television programmes involving dishes which appear to be something which they are...

I grew up without a diagnosis. Consequently I had no explanation for why I struggled with making friends, doing my school work, knowing...

Knowing where to start To mark our first blog post, I thought it would be good to start from the beginning, that is, to write about my...

It's April, which means that #AutismAwarenessMonth is here again. Aspie Trainers are hoping to achieve more than #AutismAwareness,...