Blogs by Charlie

  • #NationalComingOutDay

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  • ADHD Awareness Month – Myth Buster 1

    Apparently Autistic and ADHD women did not get diagnosed during childhood because they inadvertently masked their traits and had no visible differences. Well, maybe some girls, but for me I disagree. Here is my school report, from the last year of middle school. I would have been 11 or 12. In most subjects I did Read more

  • In-crowd bullies at my school

    Trigger warnings: bullying, suicide At the schools I attended, there was no school uniform. We wore whatever we liked except jeans and offensive slogans. What a nightmare for anybody autistic, nerdy, poor, or all three. Anyway, the in-crowd always had the latest Fila shellsuit, Nike trainers, Campri ski jacket, Head bag etc. Their hair was Read more

  • Living with Autism and ADHD

    “Living with Autism and ADHD” like you’re in an annoying neurodiverse throuple… Clip from a talk, a 4-minute video with captions. Contains PG12 certificate swear words. #Autism #ASD #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #IdentityFirst #LanguageMatters #DifferentIsOK Read more

  • Just the rant at the end

    For those who for whatever reason do not want to read the #MeToo post I shared yesterday, I have copied and pasted here just the rant at the end about how I could have really done with knowing that I was Autistic and ADHD. Please teach your kids about consent, whatever gender they are. This Read more

  • Yes #MeToo

    Content warning, trigger warning ⚠️ This post is about rape, sexual assault, bullying, I’ve given this a lot of thought. I have never spoken out before about this, but it feels like it is time. These words are almost bursting out of me. I’m not sharing this to distress anybody, just to make a point Read more