I, and most of the autistic people I know prefer Identity First Language – They are autistic people, I am autistic. Person First Language is insulting to many of us (using ‘Person with autism’). Autism is integral to our identity. Please note: If an autistic person wishes to use PFL it is important to respect …
I am Autistic, not a person with autism. Identity first language is important to me. My autism isn’t a separate entity, it’s not something I have or that I live with. Autism is an intrinsic part of my identity. Lots of people (usually ballistics) try and insist on person first language (person with autism) despite …
However difficult I am finding things, however dark the thoughts, however much anxiety is holding my body hostage, I try and find good things to focus on. For me it’s cats and going outside and being in my garden. I find nature very soothing.
I am terrified about posting this because it’s scary personal stuff but it’s Mental Health Awareness Week and I think it’s important for us to share our stories so other’s might not feel so alone.
Last week I saw one of those videos that gets shared to make people feel good. It was of a girl who was given a doll with a prothetic leg. She was crying and crying, she finally had a doll that was just like her. After a life of only seeing dolls with two legs, …
The pattern for this is by Set Free My Gypsy Soul and was in issue 74 of Mollie Makes I made the two sides slightly different colour schemes so I can flip it over when I want a change. I am totally in love with this cushion!
I wanted to make this chunky cowl by SFMGS but our local yarn shop didn’t have any fun colours in chunky so I had to make do with what they had. I definitely want to make another in more funky colours. Because I didn’t like the colours so much, I ended up adding lots of …
Daz got me an extra battery pack thing for charging my phone back in the summer because Pokemon Go uses up so much battery. It had a boring black case but I seem to have lost it so I made a super colourful one to replace it. I just made it up as I went …