Category: Autistic life

ADHD, Autism and me, Autistic life, Wildblood and Queenie

ADHD, Autism and me: Meltdown milkshake anyone?

I’d gone 8 days without a meltdown. 8 days. 8 days of meetings and zooms, of arrangements and chats, eye contact and conversations, dinner parties and hosting, digging and dancing, eating proper and sleeping well, planning and working, attempting to engage the hyperfocus, being the person I needed to be. But there I was yesterday afternoon, head hitting and swearing, raging and shaking, losing it because an app lost my bearings as my AuADHD mind temporarily lost mine. There was no warning, to play book rumble, no signpost in that particular Maccy D car park at that particular time of what was to come. Just the blow-up. Continue reading ADHD, Autism and me: Meltdown milkshake anyone?

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ADHD, Autism and me, Autistic life, Brighton, Wildblood and Queenie

ADHD, autism and me: Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Last week was Neurodiversity Celebration Week. But due to the lack of a deadline, a plan, my ability to priotise and deliver I missed it. Again. Missed the week to celebrate the lives of us ND folk. Missed the week to write inspiring posts and celebrate our differences. Missed the annual Instagram vs Reality week where we focus on the joy and relegate the reality. Ignore the exhaustion, bluff away the burnout, deny the overload. Continue reading ADHD, autism and me: Neurodiversity Celebration Week

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Autistic life, Brighton, Clubbing, DJing, Wildblood and Queenie

Wildblood and Queenie – The Vinyl Edit

Last year we got very, very close to leaving Brighton. To high re-mortgage rate rises to cope with, absentee student landlords below delivering the stress, health issues ensuring I needed a cheap and easy life. We stopped that train earlier this month (the grass is not always greener or cheaper it would seem) but not before the serious downsize was had. One of which was … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie – The Vinyl Edit

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Autistic life, Brighton, Clubbing, DJing, LGBT+ History, Wildblood and Queenie

Sliding into academia courtesy of Annebella Pollen

When you write a dissertation about gay night club flyer design and a certain Paul Kemp’s Club Shame and get cited in an academic article by your uni tutor from back in the day, the ever-brilliant Annebella Pollen. Back to back with my incredible university professor Paul Jobling. Yep, that’s me, that autistic school refuser who was told they’d never make anything with their words. … Continue reading Sliding into academia courtesy of Annebella Pollen

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Autistic life, Like we do, Wildblood and Queenie

Gem’s Wholesome Kitchen – one recipe at a time

My autistic soul has always had issues with food. Unbearable textures, school dinner halls, repetitive meals, misophonia issues, trigger foods bringing pain and inflammation. Sticking to a new plan when I don’t like change is never easy with ASD/ADHD. Doing things right. Eating well. Falling in love with cooking.I needed some gentle persuasion. I needed change. Little did I know I needed @gemswholesomekitchen Nourishing, delicious, and never … Continue reading Gem’s Wholesome Kitchen – one recipe at a time

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