...to World Autism Acceptance Week 2024. So from Tuesday 2nd April get ready for 7 days of rambles, rants and vaguely amusing tales of an Ash-based Autistic nature that may contain embarrassing cult movie mentions and pictures of dodgy haircuts but mainly old stuff repurposed for those new to my blog but with a wee bit of newness too....work/life permitting. You have been warned.....
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Word Up.
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I've posted (OK taken the piss) before about the whole Billy Bollocks buzzword soup that is neurodivergent and neurodiversity and the like and how (almost) no-one actually understands what it actually means and why just using actual words rather than new fangled descriptors can be not only confusing but actually a wee bit embarrassing at times. For example, in our house 4 out of 5 of us are Autistic, so the 'neurotypical' member of the family is actually the 'neurodivergent' one. See how asking 'How many Autistics are in the house?' is so much easier? And then you get (well meaning yet ultimately foolish) folk who use the word 'neurodiverse' when talking about Autistic people (and others) without realising that 'neurodiverse' actually just means everybody. Your organisation is neurodiverse friendly? Brilliant, that just means that people can use it. Which is a pretty low bar if I'm honest. That'd be where the word neurodivergent would
Gray Day 2024.
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Seeing as it's the annual Alasdair Gray 'Gray Day' I thought I'd repost my contribution. His portrait Frances Gordon, Glasgow Teenager inspired my collaboration with Glasgow Open Museum and guests of Glasgow City Mission in creating 'portraits' focusing on their interests rather than in a traditional style. You can find out more here plus you can read about the project from an autistic perspective here . Enjoy. Portrait of Frances Gordon. (c) Alasdair Gray, courtesy of Glasgow Museums collections.