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Daniel Sohege

Proud to be unpalatable

Yesterday was “Autistic Pride Day”, in April we had Autism Acceptance/Awareness Day, Week and Month. These should be good things, but, yet…

15h ago

Proud to be unpalatable

15h ago

Daniel Sohege

Autistic estrangement from parents

Estrangement between autistic adults and their parents is not exactly a rare phenomenon. There are a lot of reasons, many complex, why an…

3d ago

Autistic estrangement from parents

3d ago

Daniel Sohege

The problem of passing as someone else

With it being Pride month I have been thinking, a lot, about the relationship between being autistic and being part of the LGBTQIA+…

5d ago

The problem of passing as someone else

5d ago

Daniel Sohege

Book idea. Migration and human rights from an autistic perspective

For a number of years now I have been trying to write a book about migration, open borders, refugees, human rights etc. Something which…

Jun 9

Book idea. Migration and human rights from an autistic perspective

Jun 9

Daniel Sohege

Second letter to my younger autistic self

Hey kiddo.

Jun 8

Second letter to my younger autistic self

Jun 8

Daniel Sohege

LGBTQIA+ and autism, we all deserve to be proud.

It’s Pride Month, which means several things to my cynical mind. It means big companies trying to commercialise the LGBTQIA+ community for…

Jun 5

LGBTQIA+ and autism, we all deserve to be proud.

Jun 5

Daniel Sohege

Autism in the time of politics

One of the ways that my autistic brain works is that I pick up on tiny little things which most people seem to ignore and build up a bigger…

Jun 5

Autism in the time of politics

Jun 5

Daniel Sohege

Why are autistic individuals classed as “weird” when the rest of the world is?

I am 42 and still only just learning about some of the ways in which my autistic brain works differently. The thing is, the more that I…

May 19

Someone with hair totally covering their face and sunglasses on, with blinds behind them

May 19

Daniel Sohege

Othering people is the opposite of “mental health awareness”

There was a certain predictability that this government would continue its attack on those with mental health issues during Mental Health…

May 15

May 15

Daniel Sohege

Working on working being autistic

I have often wondered with all the awareness days and months if there is some guidance which I missed on how people can switch from one to…

May 5

May 5

Daniel Sohege

Daniel Sohege

Immigration and asylum law, economics and policy specialist. Former foreign affairs correspondent. Very, openly autistic.

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