Autistic Civil Servant

12/10/2026

The world's not a very happy place to be autistic but raging about it may not make the change we need happen.

It’s all too common for autistic people to be victimised, which is an extremely bad thing, but how to change it? Autistic people can be total prats ourselves, and we’re capable of bigot…

10/10/2026

Is it realistic for an adult autistic to visit the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition? Yes, but know what you're getting into and do your prep. This was my experience.

I visited the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum yesterday; I was very lucky to get a ticket! Before going my autistic brain wanted to know much more about what it would be like for an autistic …

05/10/2026

If you're communicating change to an autistic person, you really need to be literal. Thinking carefully about your words can prevent misunderstanding and feelings of being betrayed.

28/09/2026

Is change impossible to manage for autistic people? I don't think it has to be, but it requires a bit of thought.

It’s a common misconception that autistic people like me can’t cope with change or uncertainty. I don’t think that’s the case, or it needn’t be. Change can be terrifyi…

21/09/2026

Change can be utterly terrifying for autistic people like me, but there are ways that that can be mitigated in the workplace.

Change is terrifying for many people, and for autistics in particular. We depend on “scaffolding” to cope with the world, and change makes that scaffolding fall away until it can be reb…

14/09/2026

Lots of people now know that autistic people find change hard - but do they understand why? I didn't myself but I've tried to pin it down.

07/09/2026

Putting an autistic under pressure to hide their autism or - brutally - "not be autistic" - is likely to have the exact opposite result to what's wanted.

Stress makes it worse. Makes what worse? Well most things really, but what I’m talking about is autistic experience. BUT ALSO it makes autism more visible, so the people around you may find y…

31/08/2026

For some kids (and parents!) "back to school" is a joyful experience. But my autistic experience was very different and your young person's might be too.

24/08/2026

24 August is Ukrainian Independence Day so it's a good moment to think about autistics affected and displaced by conflict.

24 August is the Independence Day of Ukraine so it seems a good moment to think about autistics world wide, particularly those in war zones. We autistics living in our home countries while wars are…

17/08/2026

Standing up for yourself while autistic is tricky - if people are already not liking you, they may not hear what you want to say. But there are ways we can empower ourselves a bit.