Professionally Autistic
Cw: early death and ableism, so which is why you’re getting a picture of all the friends instead of a picture of my face. Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. This isn’t a happy blog, even if I’m back after a long time. I was going to initially write about how 2 weeks of...
Trigger warnings for mentions of serious diseases and medical incompetence. Hi everyone, Today, I’d like to focus on an experience we find ourselves in whenever we want to interact with the medical system: the blank stare. I’ll explain. The reason I didn’t write a blog last week was simple: I couldn’t. A few days before,...
Hi everyone! Miss ‘Rooonnnaaaahhh…. Okay, so, bad news out of the way first. I’ve definitely got Long Covid. Why? For much of this past week, I’ve been kicking myself for not getting enough done. I’ve been tired, felt uncreative and emotionally flappy. It wasn’t a good week, even if I do now have the majority...
Hi everyone, News! Yup, the tired got me again. Just when I was about to publish more blogs in a single month than in the entire previous year: 4 in 12 months v. 4 in 4 weeks. But 4 in 5 weeks ain’t bad, especially in comparison. I’ve had to promise my mother to no...
I was going to write a blog about Autscape, but that’ll have to wait until next week. Instead, on Friday, I found out that Steve Silberman had passed away unexpectedly in his sleep, just as I was going to attend a talk of a new friend I’d made this year. I was pretty broken up....
Hi everyone, So. Today I’m sick as a dog. Part of that, for me, is that speaking becomes very difficult. I am too tired to speak. This is a source of joy to everyone who knows me, because they can finally speak without me interrupting them and make them accountable for what they’re saying. Yes...
Hi everyone, I am not going to apologise for once again not having written this blog for ages. I know, it sounds weird – it’s such a quintessential Jorik thing to do – don’t blog for ages, then worry about worrying about worrying. It’s a vibe, I ride it. Pride! Yesterday, my partner and I...
Hi everyone! Okay, okay, I can explain. At length, of course! That’s what I do, after all! I’ve been away. Don’t worry, I’m not dead, or in prison or kidnapped and held for ransom. I’m still here, plugging away, and, unexpectedly, really happy! But before I continue telling you where I’ve been all this time,...
Hi everyone! So, when I said I was busy before September, I wasn’t lying. Here’s another project of mine. Sometimes things come onto my path. I’ve learned to be a bit jammy and see how they may go. By January 2023, I had been collating interviews for Feeling Fast and Slow for about 5 months....
Hi everyone! You’ve either been coming to this blog for a while now, in which case: welcome! I’m very happy to see you back. For the rest of you, you’ve probably found this blog via the QR-code on the side of my poster, at the Neurodiversity in Higher Education conference at the University of Bristol....
