The Autism Spectrum According to Autistic People

Emma

I live with my family in rural West Wales. When I am not writing in my professional role as a business development manager, I can be found writing my autism and wildlife blogs. I ride a motorcycle, play the clarinet (but not at the same time!) and I love nature and the outdoors. My passion for wildlife is shared in my monthly newspaper column and I'm a director of a small non-profit organisation called Autism Wellbeing. I'm delighted to be able to share my personal, family and professional experience of autism with people. www.undercoverautism.wordpress.com www.offdowntherabbithole.org If you'd like to buy me a coffee, please visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Milknosugar

Understanding autistic body language, showing a woman with outstretched hands in a "I don't know" pose

Autistic Body Language

My different sensory, social and physical experiences don’t prevent me from empathizing. In fact, I am skilled at building rapport, seeing things from different perspectives, and connecting with people.

Autism: Autistic Empathy is Different

Emma Reardon discusses the difference between her own autistic expression of empathy compared to

image features yellow police tape which reads quarantine with a person sitting in front of it in what appears to be a yellow hazmat suit reading a newspaper full of covid headlines. Image represents an autistic person on the spectrum with autism looking at a newspaper and feeling anxiety and stress because the language of war is being used and autism is characterized by taking things literally

Being Autistic & Taking Language about COVID-19 Literally

Emma Reardon looks at how autistic people interpret things literally, at least on instinct, and how the language of COVID-19 creates extra layers of stress and emotional labor for autistic people.

Understanding autistic body language, showing a woman with outstretched hands in a "I don't know" pose

Autistic Body Language

My different sensory, social and physical experiences don’t prevent me from empathizing. In fact, I am skilled at building rapport, seeing things from different perspectives, and connecting with people.

Autism: Autistic Empathy is Different

Emma Reardon discusses the difference between her own autistic expression of empathy compared to neurotypical empathy and the role the sensory plays in how we feel and demonstrate empathy.

image features yellow police tape which reads quarantine with a person sitting in front of it in what appears to be a yellow hazmat suit reading a newspaper full of covid headlines. Image represents an autistic person on the spectrum with autism looking at a newspaper and feeling anxiety and stress because the language of war is being used and autism is characterized by taking things literally

Being Autistic & Taking Language about COVID-19 Literally

Emma Reardon looks at how autistic people interpret things literally, at least on instinct, and how the language of COVID-19 creates extra layers of stress and emotional labor for autistic people.

Understanding autistic body language, showing a woman with outstretched hands in a "I don't know" pose

Autistic Body Language

My different sensory, social and physical experiences don’t prevent me from empathizing. In fact, I am skilled at building rapport, seeing things from different perspectives, and connecting with people.

Autism: Autistic Empathy is Different

Emma Reardon discusses the difference between her own autistic expression of empathy compared to neurotypical empathy and the role the sensory plays in how we feel and demonstrate empathy.

image features yellow police tape which reads quarantine with a person sitting in front of it in what appears to be a yellow hazmat suit reading a newspaper full of covid headlines. Image represents an autistic person on the spectrum with autism looking at a newspaper and feeling anxiety and stress because the language of war is being used and autism is characterized by taking things literally

Being Autistic & Taking Language about COVID-19 Literally

Emma Reardon looks at how autistic people interpret things literally, at least on instinct, and how the language of COVID-19 creates extra layers of stress and emotional labor for autistic people.