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      Autism at Work Online Summit 4-5 March 2021

      Published on 04, March, 2021

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Stories from the Spectrum

Welcome to our Stories from the Spectrum series. Here, autistic people and their family members share their experiences of life on the autistic spectrum.

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"Communication and empathy were huge issues when Daniel and I first got together seven years ago."

Kerise Vowles-Myers
- on autism and relationships

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"I kind of pursued a diagnosis for political reasons, but I also just wanted that certainty."

Kate Fox
- on diagnosis

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"Autism can be a gift because it can really help to give you that extra will-power, and you can get into things a lot more than many non-autistic people."

Callum and Alison McBride
- on the positives of being autistic

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"The only thing that will really help Andy at the moment is a return to normality - even if it’s a different normal to the one we had before."

Kevin Chapman
- on coping with the pandemic

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"I personally hate receiving presents, especially if I have to open them in front of people.”

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- on opening Christmas presents

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"I've always loved Christmas lights and last year I got to help switch on the Christmas tree lights in my local area."

Samuel Maybury
- on the joy of Christmas lights

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"I sometimes feel that disability is treated as a secondary matter in society, and something needs to be done about this."


- on attitudes towards disability

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"I want to give a voice to people who are not often represented in pop culture."


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"Understanding that the way I process world is different made me realise the ways I had been treated in the past were not my fault."


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‘Stories from the Spectrum’ features voices from across the autism spectrum and highlights the rich variety of autistic experience. There are funny stories, thought-provoking stories, moving and challenging stories.

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The Spectrum magazine

Explore one of the UK's largest collections of autistic art, poetry, and prose. The Spectrum magazine is created by and for autistic people, and is available both online and in print.

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