florence neville (she/her)

Understanding Needs

Image is of a diary, smartphone and headphones on a scarred wooden table

In 2019 I carried out a study to explore how late-diagnosed autistic women (like me) managed their health and wellbeing. This is the first of four blog posts describing the themes I identified when analysing the interviews

Stimming My Way Forward

Despite my late discovery of being autistic, I am learning to flick on the switch of possibility and reinvention, instead of obsessing over lost time.

Hawthorn Speaks

I have sought this feeling so often in my life in both country and city; to still my mind I simply walk, walk on the earth, and connect with my surroundings.

Nourish

Image is of a wooden bowl containing 8 ripe plums

Having this self-knowledge gives me autonomy, having the support to put it into practice gives me health and happiness.