Blog Archive

All of the blog posts, neatly arrange by year and category… neat

Archive of: Independence

Applying the social model well. (Example!).

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I burnt myself, and this post explains how applying the social model helped me find an effective strategy to keep myself safer in the future.

Little achievements

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Often its the little things which make the biggest difference to day to day life. In the last few weeks i have had a series of small achievements, so i wanted to share them here and give some context on why they are more meaningful than they appear.

Bus Adventures.

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This is a post about how i made it into town on the bus.

Developing an autistic Identity.

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In the last two years i have had to develop a true "autistic" identity. This post looks at the main lessons i have learnt along the way.

I got an Apple Watch!

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I finally brought myself an Apple Watch. Well, technically Lion brought it for me. He’s the one with the money!

Last week at Apple’s big developer event, they revealed the third version of the Apple Watch software (watchOS 3). It’s a complete rethink of the how the watch works. It looks brilliant.

Keeping My Job

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Why the right form of support means I can keep my job.

Going Solo

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First week in the new flat has gone pretty well. This post talks about the goals and plans and presents the case for a slightly different form of indepedence

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Spaced Out & Smiling is about exploring the fun side of Autism, and trying to understand what it means to be Autistically Happy.

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