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England Train Ticket Office Closures Hurt Vulnerable People  

Featured photo: Image by Owls1867 from Pixabay We were recently made aware that most of the remaining ticket offices at railway stations in England would be closed over the next 3-years (over 1,000) with only the busiest stations keeping them, all the rest will use automated systems, many train stations already do this (including the […]

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Autism Lifestyle

How I Built a Social Life

Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I have mentioned a few times in some of my previous blogposts about how my social life has developed greatly over the last around 2ish years. Once upon a time not too long ago I’d just be a person reserved to being inside for most of their life […]

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Autism Opinion

The Problem with School Uniforms and the Possible Fixes

Featured image: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Hey all. First – hope everyone is having a good week. My week has been mixed. I am happy to say I have passed my driving theory test now, although that was like two weeks ago now. Right now, I am moving everything over to a new bank […]

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Autism Lifestyle

The Hazard Perception Test for Driving is Currently the Bane of my Existence (for now)

Featured image by: Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Hello all. We have once again reached the weekend. Lots of chaos in the world of politics once again? Many had hoped things would go back to normal by this point with a new leader and all but unfortunately it seems like things are heating up. One wonders how […]

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Autism Entertainment and Gaming news

Upcoming Google Maps Feature – Immersive View – May be Great for Autistic People

Featured Photo: Image by Photo Mix from Pixabay Happy Friday all. My three favourite months of the year have begun and I feel like the weeks are just flashing by at this point, it is going to be Halloween before we know it. I guess studying for days on end does that to you. There […]

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Autism Lifestyle

Autism and Dealing with Sudden Change 

Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Nobody likes it when things change suddenly but for people with Autism it can feel like a ton of bricks falling on you rather than a simple irritation. One of the reasons for this is that it takes us longer to process stuff and longer to plan things […]

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Autism Lifestyle

The Weekly Rambler #13 – All is Good

Another week goes and another week is basically over. Time can go really quick sometimes, especially when things are working out and we have stuff keeping us busy. And boy have I indeed. The Final Project Begins Well we’re on the last legs of the course now but there are exciting times ahead. The final […]

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The Weekly Update #9 – Award, Website Building, Lots Happening

Lots Happening – if only that meant for the blog. Unfortunately though I have been busy with other activities this week and last week which meant that I had to miss the last weekly update – despite PROMISING I would not miss one of them. Luckily a blogpost still went up on Thursday last week… […]

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The Weekly Update #4 – Cybersecurity and my First Ever Presentation

Hello all. Well, it has been a busy week for myself as I have been busy doing a cybersecurity mini-course through the Prince’s Trust with the course itself being done by Skills City. I must say that after the first two days of the course I was unsure if I was going to stick with […]

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Unemployment Among People with Autism is a Systemic Problem, not an Individual’s One 

Featured Photo: Image by www_slon_pics from Pixabay I think it is obvious to anyone who looks at the statistics that the level of unemployed people who have Autism speaks of a systemic issue rather than an individual’s issue. But there are many people who would rather blame each and every person with Autism instead, because […]