International Day of Persons with Disabilities & “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want — Celebrating Individual Abilities

Thanks to dlberek for posting this, an important post about an important issue. Although most awareness months and days are on a national scale, this December will feature a global undertaking to raise awareness and promote advocacy. December 3 is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This is an effort to “promote …

ASD & Empathy – Guest Post by Finn

"ASD: Myths and Legends" took place in Dublin Castle last Saturday. The event went really well and I think definitely gave the audience an insight into the sheer broadness of the Spectrum. It showed clearly those of us on the spectrum are individuals. We don't just fit into a stereotypes that society has set forth …

ASD: Myths and Legends

To my readers in Ireland, if you can, please support this event that I will be taking part in at Dublin Castle on the 24th September 2016. Six teenagers and adults on the Autistic Spectrum (the "legends") will be speaking about their life experiences, debunking popular myths about our condition and, most importantly, making Autistic …

9 Tips for Those Who Have Trouble Sleeping

As promised, here is my post on how to get a better night's sleep ( a month later than I intended to post it, shhh...) The tips described here are all things that have either worked for me or things I have heard worked for others. One or a combination of these tips might work …

Sleep, ASD and Mental Health

Sleep is a huge part of our lives; the average person will spend a third of their life asleep. Yet sleep is not something many people give enough thought to. There is a huge correlation between Autism and difficulty with sleeping, this is not something that affects everyone with an Autism Spectrum Disorder but it …

New Music Blog!

I have set up a second blog, with the purpose of promoting my music and blogging about my research into the history of folk music. If y'all are interested, stop on by (and follow 😉 ) https://tadhgociardhamusic.wordpress.com/ There's nothing on it just yet, but there is a lot I have planned

500+ Likes!

I was really excited today when I saw that I've reached 500 likes on my blog. Thanks to everyone who has supported my blog over the last a year and a half, I really appreciate it! Writing this blog has really helped me through some tough times and I hope my writing helps others even …

Good Morning Blues

At some point last week, I went to sleep and the next morning I woke up feeling awful for no reason and haven't been able to shake it off. This isn't going to be my best post, but I feel like I need to get my feelings down.  I was pretty excited about the start …

First blog post — Girl Masked

  Hey! I hope everyone’s doing well! Since this is my first blog post I’m going to take this opportunity to give you a little insight into the name of my blog; why I chose it and the meaning behind it. You see, I started thinking about masks and what they symbolise. While hanging out …

The Other Side of the Internet

The internet can be a great thing, it can educate and bring people together. The internet has given people with Asperger's and other conditions like myself a platform for self expression. It has given us ways to spread awareness around disability and mental health as well as many other world issues, at a previously unprecedented level. It has given …