Author Archives: Ausome Charlie

AIM for the Rainbow updates!

Exciting updates from AIM for the Rainbow, the queer volunteer team within Autistic Inclusive Meets 🌈🌈 Here is the recording from our live streamed update:https://www.youtube.com/live/jCEibIYPqbM?si=v_Q-g9Q1h5alfTlg Hosted by Emergent Divergence: The neurodivergent ramblings of David Gray-Hammond joined by me Ausome Charlie with Erin Ekins Queerly Autistic and Katie Munday Autistic and living the dream. We explainContinue reading “AIM for the Rainbow updates!”

Neurodiversity inclusion tips

We all have unique strengths and challenges, so understanding these is key because everyone has specific accessibility and support needs. Autism, for example, is a spectrum condition, which means that it affects people in different ways. It is unhelpful to stereotype people based on their neurological condition, so please do not make assumptions about whatContinue reading “Neurodiversity inclusion tips”

ADHD doom piles (booby traps for bereaved parents)

ADHD ‘doom piles’ and ‘doom boxes’ can be booby traps for bereaved parents. I have had time to think and reflect since leaving my permanent job at the end of June, which sounds like a luxury, but for an AuDHD hyperactive bereaved mum with C-PTSD who is far more used to keeping very busy, freeContinue reading “ADHD doom piles (booby traps for bereaved parents)”

Human not Waxwork

Make-up free Monday, no filter. Have you ever wondered why I’m such a fan of TikTok filters and FaceApp etc? Well, I am not good at applying make-up, and I never have been, and don’t always have the spoons. I am also somewhat self-conscious about the scars around my left eye and eyebrow, from gettingContinue reading “Human not Waxwork”

Definitions

Understanding what is meant by ‘neurodiversity’ and ‘neurodivergent’ and some of the associated terminology. ‘Neurodiversity’ short for ‘neurological diversity’ is a portmanteau word coined in the 1990s. The concept ‘neurodiversity’ acknowledges that each human brain is wired uniquely; an incontrovertible biological fact. ‘Neurodivergent’ is an adjective to describe an individual, or a group of people,Continue reading “Definitions”

5 Years of Ausome Charlie Transcript Extract

Extract from my nostalgic monologue at the start of the 5 Years of Ausome Charlie online event with David Gray-Hammond, Katie Munday and Quinn Dexter on 8 June 2023 (see YouTube link at the bottom). “I have been flicked through the old tweets on my Ausome Charlie Twitter. I had been on Twitter longer, butContinue reading “5 Years of Ausome Charlie Transcript Extract”

Neurodivergent school kids with interoception and proprioception issues

Neurodivergent school kids with interoception and proprioception issues. I received this message this morning, from my friend Angela Loynd, of Umbrella Alliance: ‘I heard yet another story today about a young autistic girl refused a toilet break during class time at school, who then ended up wetting her pants as a result. I’m so sickContinue reading “Neurodivergent school kids with interoception and proprioception issues”

Neurodiversity is Neurological Diversity

Don’t worry about avoiding the word ‘neurodiversity’ after recent events. It is, after all, simply a portmanteau of ‘neurology’ and ‘diversity’, just like ‘biodiversity’ is just a portmanteau of ‘biology’ and ‘diversity’. Just like ‘ausome’ is just a portmanteau of ‘autistic’ and ‘awesome’ 😎 In Alice Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll, Humpty DumptyContinue reading “Neurodiversity is Neurological Diversity”