A common misconception of autistics is that we all like our own company. … For me, this couldn't be further from the truth.

Strategies to prevent autistic burn-out in the classroom

This Mental Health Awareness Week is celebrating the power of community. Belonging to a safe, understanding, caring community can make a...

Everyone needs a night out now and then, to feel rhythm move through their bodies, to get up on the dance floor …

Refuelling the Care giver: Why self-care is Essential for Parents of Autistic Children Parenting an autistic child can be a deeply...

It’s essential for everyone in society to understand that autistic people face many extensive challenges because the social world is not...

My name's Eddie, I'm twenty years old and I have autism. I've been familiar with Express CIC pretty much since it started, back in 2012,...

Do you know a child or an adult who has the PDA profile of autism? Perhaps you been told that your step-child / grandchild / nephew /...

You can be autistic; you just can’t be autistic. At what point are we going to begin understanding that to accept and embrace...

I first got to know Connor through Sara’s blog, My Daft Life. I loved reading about him, he sounded such a wonderful character and was...

Some autistic and neurodivergent individuals are sensitive to types of smells, textures, and taste of foods, this can cause an autistic...

Sleep is important for our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Sleep exhaustion and deprivation has been scientifically...

At school whilst I was playing P.E the front top of my left shoe fell off. I hate P.E so much…I always fall over and hurt myself and the...

I have been at big school for three months now and I still do not have any friends. I sometimes sit with my sister Jen and her friends at...

I woke up last week with a lot of pain in my right ear. I was screaming and crying for mummy to come into my room. Mummy ran in,...

Tomorrow is my first day at a new school and I am scared. I like my teacher at my old school- Miss Perkins. Miss Perkins is always nice...

Mummy and daddy said I needed to get a haircut before I go back to school. I cried when mummy told me I had to go because I needed to...

Today is the first day of the summer holidays. I have six weeks off school and start a new school in September. My big sister, Jen left...

As a neurodivergent person with some physical health issues, I have spent a great amount of my life in hospital, I can say that my...

I’ve had pets my whole life. My parents first bought my sister and I hamsters from the age of about 4, but my parents bought us our first...