Being an ally means supporting people and promoting acceptance of normal human differences. Allies can help to create a culture where all individuals feel supported, included, and valued. Sometimes allies stand up to bullying and discrimination, helping people to feel safe to be their authentic selves. Nobody should be bullied or excluded due to normalContinue reading “What being an ally means to me”
Author Archives: Ausome Charlie
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day… Great! But thanks, but no thanks, to including me in long taglists 🙄 Overwhelming notifications overload 🤯 Finding out about blocks I didn’t know about 🤦 Muting notifications 🙈 Sorry, not sorry 🤷 This is self-care 😇 Autistic #BurnedOut On this International Women’s Day, I was blown away by this amazing poemContinue reading “International Women’s Day”
Weird Pride Day #WeirdPrideDay 4 March
Some things I do which are normal to me, but may be considered weird by others. By Charlie Hart (Ausome Charlie) When it’s foggy, I stand in the middle of a mown field, so I’m in a perfect hemisphere. When it is misty, I walk up a big hill and take many photos of farmContinue reading “Weird Pride Day #WeirdPrideDay 4 March”
Iggy’s Initiative Introduction
Nobody should have to feel weird, ashamed, rejected, excluded, isolated due to their sexual orientation or their gender expression, nor due to their disability or neurological differences, nor any other human characteristic, but sadly this happens all the time. Young people, especially teenagers, can be particularly affected by lack of acceptance and support. An alarmingContinue reading “Iggy’s Initiative Introduction”
Lockdown 2, home schooling while home working day 1
12 November 2020 8:25: Me “I’d better get up”. Si “Why?”8:30: Me “Shit, where is Jess’ Teams log-in?”8:32: Jess “Mum can I have crisps for breakfast?”8:50: 6 kids are in the Teams meeting, but neither teacher is8:51: Jess “Bye Izzy ha ha, you have to go to school and I don’t”8:56: Kids speculating about well-beingContinue reading “Lockdown 2, home schooling while home working day 1”
Autistic working mum, juggling in a pandemic
As a working parent, I am quite used to the juggling act of family life and work life, balancing the needs of my family, my job, and my own needs… usually in that order. Usually I can just about keep those juggling balls in the air. Working from home during a pandemic has certainly putContinue reading “Autistic working mum, juggling in a pandemic”
World Mental Health Day 2020
“It’s OK not to be OK”… It’s not OK to not be OK, not for a prolonged period anyway. What that phase actually means is, it is good to be open about not being OK. Yes we all have bad days and low moods, but if you are often full of dread, you have aContinue reading “World Mental Health Day 2020”
The Double Rainbow
Intersectional Diversity: The ‘Double Rainbow’ of Autism and LGBTQIA+ Here are Charlie’s answers to questions they were recently asked about their lived experience of the ‘double rainbow’. Can you explain what the term ‘double rainbow’ means? Studies show that autistic people are far more likely identify as a sexuality minority and/or a gender minority, comparedContinue reading “The Double Rainbow”
You’ll never run alone
I was due to run with two friends, but one pulled out due to sore calf muscles, the other with bad hayfever. “Sorry to let you down, Charlie” says one in the group chat. “That’s fine”, I replied, thinking “it is sometimes easier to run solo anyway, as I can play the route by earContinue reading “You’ll never run alone”
Week 12 of lockdown, reflecting on Day 1
For me this is now week 12 of lockdown, as I have not been in the office since Monday 16 March. That was a unsettling day with people on the train eyeing each other with suspicion, reluctant to press the button to open the train doors, and an uneasy atmosphere in the office. This weekContinue reading “Week 12 of lockdown, reflecting on Day 1”
Ausome Charlie 