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David Gray-Hammond
Oct 08, 2025
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For too long, Autistic people who use substances, for coping, connection, curiosity, or survival, have been pushed to the edges of both autism spaces and substance use services. Our experiences are flattened into stereotypes or pathologised. Support is hard to access, and when we do seek help, services rarely understand our sensory worlds, our communica…

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