Welcome to The Autistic Writer
Autism is one of the most discussed, researched, misunderstood, and debated subjects of our time. Yet autistic voices are still too often spoken about rather than listened to.
I have created this website and blog to explore autism through a combination of lived experience, evidence-based research, history, and critical analysis. Here you’ll find articles examining autism science, challenging common misconceptions, exploring autistic identity, and advocating for acceptance, equality, and understanding.
Over the years, I’ve devoted thousands of hours to studying autism research, theory, history, and lived experience. This blog is the result of that journey.
Whether you are autistic yourself, a parent, family member, educator, healthcare professional, or simply curious to learn more, I hope you will find something here that informs, challenges, and inspires.
Thank you for visiting, and welcome.
Darren Scothern, The Autistic Writer.
recent blog articles:
- Is Autism Being Overdiagnosed? Unpicking the Fonagy Review – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 13
- Is Autism a Disability? – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 12
- The Perfect Answer to the Impossible Question? – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 11
- Miracle Autism Treatment? – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 10
- How Can Financial Independence Have Different Flavours? – From Episode 9 of AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast
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