late diagnosed autistic

Autistic Burnout, Rock Pools and Other Thoughts

This is going to be a bit of a meandering post, as mine often are.  I appreciate that this isn't particularly algorithm friendly but in...

Cliona Kelliher 30 Sept, 2024

Reflections on a Year Post Autism Diagnosis: Navigating a New Identity

I realised recently that it has been just over a year since getting my autism diagnosis and I had a lot of thoughts about this.  It's b...

Cliona Kelliher 27 Jun, 2023

Autism and Epistemic Injustice

'In what ways are autistic people seen as ‘other’? Epistemic injustice, neuro norms and white supremacy; the role of autistic people i...

Cliona Kelliher 15 Jun, 2023

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