2022

2022 in Review, a Master's, an Autism Diagnosis and Advocacy on Climate and Citizen Participation

I don't do a year in review annually but this past 12 months has been so full on and amazing in many ways, that I wanted to try and sum...

Cliona Kelliher 13 Dec, 2022

Climate Change Denial and How to Combat it

Firstly, I'd like to say that this is an opinion piece rather than a research article, although I have tried to reference academic exper...

Cliona Kelliher 26 Oct, 2022

Autistic Communication and the Double Empathy Problem

'The ‘double empathy problem’: a disjuncture in reciprocity between two differently disposed social actors which becomes more marked th...

Cliona Kelliher 18 Oct, 2022

Visit to Heywood Gardens in Laois

So last week was my birthday - and my first birthday post autism diagnosis, so for that reason, it felt somewhat like a bit of a milestone....

Cliona Kelliher 13 Aug, 2022

Finishing my Master's and some Autism Thoughts

It was hard to put a title on this one because it's really just a collection of random thoughts but I wanted to talk about my Master&#3...

Cliona Kelliher 7 Aug, 2022

Sustainable Development Goals Advocacy, Dialogue and Personal Development

To be honest, this is going to be a bit of a rambly post and I'm not sure the title captures fully what I am trying to say but that&#39...

Cliona Kelliher 12 Jun, 2022 1

Getting an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult

So this is not news to a lot of people as I had been slowly telling friends that I was pursuing an autism diagnosis and last week it was off...

Cliona Kelliher 28 May, 2022 2

Ecocide - A Case for Implementation

This post was originally an academic assignment but as I worked my way through it, I became very convinced that implementing ecocide as a cr...

Cliona Kelliher 6 May, 2022