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Understanding autism8 min

Signs of autism in adults

Autism can go unnamed for decades, especially when you have spent years learning to cover it. Here are the patterns that lead a lot of adults to start asking the question.

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Identity7 min

What is autistic masking?

Forcing eye contact. Rehearsing small talk. Smiling while exhausted. Masking is the effort of appearing less autistic, and it is quietly expensive.

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Understanding autism5 min

Autistic, or just introverted?

They can look alike from the outside, and plenty of people are both. But they are different things, and the difference is worth understanding.

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Diagnosis7 min

Thinking about an autism assessment? What to expect

If you are weighing up a formal assessment, here is a plain guide to the routes, the waits, the costs, and why self-identification is valid in the meantime.

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Wellbeing6 min

Autistic burnout or depression? How to tell

They overlap enough to be mistaken for each other, and often are. Telling them apart matters, because what helps one can do little for the other.

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Identity5 min

Why so many autistic adults are only finding out now

A wave of people are recognising they are autistic in their thirties, forties, and beyond. It is not a trend. It is a correction.

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