...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.....    

  It's been one of those rare weeks that mixes bloody brilliant with utter shite...the massive highs and lows have hit so hard that I'm at barely functional Friday...gotta love Autistic burnout. Have an adequate weekend all.  

  When one of the Autistic kids in the house only drinks one thing and Morrisons decide to revamp the packaging....    

  Bought a new Batmobile today then find this trending.... HOW DO THEY KNOW???  

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