Emma, Author at NeuroClastic

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:

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Autism: Autistic Empathy is Different

By: Emma

On: August 30, 2020

In: Autism, Empathy

With: 2 Comments

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

By: Emma

On: May 21, 2020

In: Autism, What is Autism

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.