Autistically Scott

Autistically Scott

Promoting Autistic Experience

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  • We are Autistic

    Our language informs our perspectives and beliefs of ourselves & other people. With Autistic & otherwise Neurodivergent people, we have long been described through deeply dehumanising language. We are still stuck with the term “Autism Spectrum Disorder” being used by professionals, as though we are sick or ill. In reality, the word “disorder” is just…

    scottwn

    28th Feb 2023
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic culture, autistic identity
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic community, autistic culture, autistic experience, neurodiversity
  • New Events Page

    I have just added an events page on my blog to promote upcoming training & talks I will be delivering. Next month I will be delivering a webinar on Autistic Communication with Hayley from Autism with a Pinch of SaLT. Details can be found on my events page below.

    scottwn

    26th Feb 2023
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  • Build Boundaries, not Resilience

    There’s a common saying by professionals that children need to “build resilience” in order to cope in the world. When there appears to be progress for an Autistic child in school after receiving access to supports and adjustments, the mindset of professionals is to begin removing these supports to ‘increase independence’. Fading these supports only…

    scottwn

    6th Feb 2023
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic culture, autistic identity
    autism, autistic, neurodivergent, neurodiversity
  • Striving for a Better World

    As we move into a new year, let’s make further steps towards creating a world where Autistic and other Neurodivergent people are valued as being part of human diversity rather than a pathology to fix. To embrace deviations from neuronormativity rather than to treat them as broken or sick. A world that identifies our experiences…

    scottwn

    31st Dec 2022
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic culture
    actually autistic, autism, autistic, autistic community, autistic experience, neurodivergence
  • How Stimming is More Than just Self-regulation

    The main description used for stimming refers to this as “self-stimulatory behaviours” or any action which provides stimulation. Stimming is a universal human trait. It can present as tapping pens, shaking legs, pacing up and down, twirling hair, biting nails. There can be visual stims such as light, stims through taste, smell, vocals like humming…

    scottwn

    11th Dec 2022
    actually autistic, autism, autistic, autistic culture
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic community, autistic culture, autistic experience, autistic identity, stimming
  • An Autistic Culture Shift

    Below is a transcript of a speech I gave at a recent charity event. For context, the project being referred to in this talk is an Autistic-led training programme I developed alongside two other Autistic people. It was where I was offered my first opportunity to become an Autistic trainer and speaker, something which has…

    scottwn

    13th Nov 2022
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic culture, autistic identity
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic community, autistic culture, autistic culture shift, neurodivergence, neurodiversity
  • Heartbreak High: Finally Great Autistic Representation!

    A review of the Autistic character Quinni in the Netflix show, Heartbreak High. Representation of Autistic people has been very poor in the media. There are shows like the lead in The Good Doctor, Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory (not confirmed by the creators but who demonstrates stereotypes) Atypical (Netflix show) and of course…

    scottwn

    20th Oct 2022
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic culture, autistic identity
    autistic, autistic acceptance, autistic community, autistic culture, autistic experience, autistic representation, chloe hayden, heartbreak high, netflix
  • We need Autistic Discovery, not ‘Diagnosis’

    One of the biggest problems with the medicalised view that society has always had of Autistic people is the distorted idea of ‘diagnosis’. I did not receive my ‘diagnosis’ until I was 16, which is far earlier than many people end up with, although it is still not ideal as I went through the near…

    scottwn

    6th Oct 2022
    autistic, autistic culture, autistic identity, self identify
    actually autistic, autistic, autistic community, autistic diagnosis, autistic experience, autistic identify, autistic people, neurodiversity, self discovery
  • The Barriers of Neurotypical Social Spaces

    Loud environments are settings that I’ve always struggled with. I remember as a child that I would hide under tables at restaurants and parties. One of the clears sign as a child that I was Autistic but I was not identified as this until years later. As a young adult, I started to join nights…

    scottwn

    20th Sep 2022
    Uncategorized
    actually autistic, Allistic, autism memes, autism social, autistic, autistic bars, autistic memes, autistic pubs, autistic social, autistic spaces, autistic-led, autscape, different not less, introvert, memes, neurodivergence, neurodiversity, neuronormativity, neurotypical, neurotypical spaces, Non-autistic, NT, social norms
  • An Autistic Shutdown

    Earlier this year I was part of a team to set up a celebration event for a charity that invited hundreds of guests. The venue featured family friendly activities at the outside area with space indoors to get drinks and breaks. Most of the morning was spent on us putting down signs to direct people…

    scottwn

    17th Sep 2022
    Uncategorized
    actually autistic, autism, autism acceptance, autism crisis, autism understanding, autistic, autistic accceptance, autistic community, autistic crisis, autistic culture, autistic experience, autistic meltdown, autistic shutdown, sensory
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