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Me and Maths

In the United Kingdom we spell it as “Maths” but in the US they spell it as “Math” and both ultimately mean Mathematics, but it can be up to you what way you rather it spelled when it is shortened, I will admit that calling it math does sound more neat and tidy, but I […]

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Me and Geography

For me when it comes to Geography my knowledge is able to identify most country locations and I am able to recite over one-hundred capital cities from memory alone and many more I can pair up with the right country if it was a question-multiple-answers. But how did I come to acquire this knowledge? In […]

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Me and Identity

Welcome to my new “Me and…” series where I talk about my experiences on a vast and wide range of topics, which will be a new series to liven up my Lifestyle blogs as I feel they are quite lacking. I mostly plan on doing it for entertainment and just something for people to read, […]

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Slow Autism Diagnosis and Lack of Support

According to the charity Ambitious About Autism, 1 in 100 children in the UK have Autism but a poll conducted on almost 4,000 parents of children with Autism by the charity reveals that almost half of parents have had to wait 18 months or longer to get a diagnosis which in the meantime wastes valuable […]

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Consider Getting a Stress Toy

There is nothing wrong with giving something a go for the first time and a stress toy is one of those. They can simply be something that sits near within arm’s reach for those times you need something to fiddle around with to keep yourself calm or just to relax or even to help you concentrate and […]

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Autism Lifestyle

My Independence Journey Has Begun

For anyone with high-functioning Autism, I believe independence is something we can all achieve. This includes our own job that makes us a living, our own relationships and friends and also includes eventually getting our very own place and perhaps one day our own family.   But it is a long road. For me it really […]

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Going All In

I feel really good right now and the reason for that is because I finally have a schedule in place. I have specifically structured my schedule around a typical 9-5 working day. I now wake up at 6am from Mon-Fri which gives me time to do my chores such as washing up the dishes, peeling […]

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Bullet Journal

I don’t know how I have not yet discovered something such as the Bullet Journal. It is an activity that is right down my sort of road and will be able to keep my ideas in one neat and tidy place. It also won’t just be for ideas but also to log my months and […]

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The 2019 Roundoff

Well we are coming to Christmas now (just three days away as of typing this, two away when this is up, Christmas Eve Eve as I like to call it) and also towards the new year of 2020 and I am rounding the year off with this final blogpost before I take a break for Christmas and […]

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Lifestyle Politics

Locking up Those with Autism Under the Mental Health Act is Tantamount to Human Rights Abuse

As someone with Autism I am absolutely appalled that in this state and age we find those with Autism and other learning-difficulties being locked away in mental-health holding cells against their and even in a number of cases, their families will. The conditions they are being kept in, small rooms, the absolute minimum human contact, […]