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The Lizard That Was Never There
Zine No. 85 — How We Got Here On a word that meant “border”, the diagram it turned into, and the eight years by which the refutation beat the bestseller.
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Blogs
Posts from neurodivergent writers and the blogs the Library follows.
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Until There Were Ten
2 September 2026 — Glimmers A thing that never changes and has no counterexample is very hard to tell apart from a rule.
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What Does Autism Feel Like?
I am Autistic. I know this, not only because I was diagnosed after extensive assessment, but also because of my feeling of belonging within the Autistic cultural ecosystem. I am, however, plagued by…
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There Have Been So Many Earths
Zine No. 84 — How We Got Here Nine links from Theia to Chicxulub, with the state of the land drawn at each one — and the finding that only three of them were moments.
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Edition One
2 September 2026 — Glimmer Wire Seven items filed on institutional press releases, because six publishers refused a direct read that day.
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The Width of Itself
Zine No. 83 — Star Stuff On the root that opens a channel, the lawn that stays compacted, and why we keep asking survivors to do systems change.
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⛱️ Neurodiversity Newsletter September Edition
Welcome to September’s Neurodiversity Newsletter August was a truly horrific month for political and media attacks on Neurodivergent people. This was most tragically seen in the racist, classist,…
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Came Back Clean
31 August 2026 — Glimmers The pair that comes back clean is the one to worry about.
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The Play You Keep
Zine No. 82 — Star Stuff On forty-five bumble bees, nine hundred and ten rolls of a wooden ball, and the definition science had to write down before it could see doing nothing at all.
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How Recovery Changed My Perception Of Life
I frequently return to Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell as a kind of guide on my life. In parituclar, I am drawn to a section of the text entitled The Revelation of Sonmi-451. It reads as follows: To be…
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Love You Down to Your Star Stuff: Grief, Hope and Solidarity
Grief, Hope & Solidarity. A reflection for the Autistic & neurodivergent community: Love You Down To Your Star Stuff. Explore Star Stuff zines.
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Review: Nozeco Still Alcohol Free Merlot
Price: £4.97 (Asda) Style: alcohol-free red | Suitable for Vegans Rating: 4/5 First Impressions The bottle does a lot of work before you’ve even poured a glass. A clean, easily-read label sits over a…
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Three More Essential Resources I Regularly Share with Clients
A few of you told me how helpful ‘Three Essential Resources I Regularly Share with Clients: Practical support for Autistic and ADHD adults’ was, so here are a few more. Whether you’re Autistic/ADHD…
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The Neurodivergent Community Standing in Solidarity Against Racism and Ableism
Solidarity Against Racism & Ableism in the Autistic & Neurodivergent Community
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Why We Held An Autistic Mental Health Conference
The world of academia and knowledge-production is renowned for it’s disinterest in lived experience. While it is true that anecdotes are almost impossible to generalise in the statistical sense, the…
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Watch Now: Autistic Resistance & Challenging Neuronormativity in the Therapy Room
Therapy either upholds neuronormativity and pathologises Autistic people, or challenges normative values and supports Autistic wellbeing through neuroaffirming resistance. That’s the premise of my…
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Your Mental Health Was Never Just Yours
There’s a question I’ve been asking for years, and I want to ask it here before I tell you anything about conference tickets or timings: Who taught you that your distress was your fault? Because…
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Migration & Trusting Our Inner Monotropic Compass
Birds cross oceans by using their inner compass. What if we could do the same? A reflection on migration, monotropism, and self-trust.
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The “Overdiagnosis” Review: What It Actually Means for Autistic People and Their Families
If you are Autistic, waiting for an assessment, or supporting an Autistic child, you have probably seen the headlines. People “incentivised” to get diagnoses, an overdiagnosis crisis, a government…
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Why Neurodivergent Community Matters For Neurodivergent People
It’s no secret to the neurodivergent community at large that performing a neurocognitive style that differs from the neuronormative standard of our given culture is a challenge that is often…
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Autistic Mental Health Conference 2026: Ecosystemic Causes of Mental Health Issues
Autistic Mental Health Conference 2026: Ecosystemic Causes of Mental Health Issues
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⛱️ Neurodiversity Newsletter August Edition
Welcome to August’s Neurodiversity Newsletter August always tends to a be a quieter month for webinars, and illness means the resource round up is smaller too. There’s still plenty to keep you…
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Three Essential Resources I Regularly Share with Clients
If I were to include every resource I signpost to in my work as a counsellor it would be a very extensive list. Nothing works for everyone, even if the topic covered feels highly relevant. But the…
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It’s Complicated: Polytropos, Odysseus, and Homer’s Odyssey
What if the thing that made Odysseus remarkable wasn't his many turns, but the one thing that never turned? A personal, AuDHD read on Homer's Odyssey and the words polytropos and monotropos.