Sitemap - 2023 - David Gray-Hammond
5 tips for Autistic people to survive the holidays
CAMHS: The triple-empathy problem and autism diagnosis
How the uncertainty in CAMHS processes harms Autistic children and families
I just watched the channel 4 documentary on Autistic inpatients: thing need to change
Understanding Autistic people’s relationship with drug use
CAMHS Crisis: An Autistic parent speaks out
The shocking state of autism diagnosis in the UK
Being an Autistic bullying victim led to my schizophrenia
What is unique about my experience as an AuDHD Schizophrenic person?
The reason why explaining my neurodivergent experience will always be flawed
A story of being Autistic and getting referred to CAMHS
How CAMHS put my life at risk and then discharged me
Autistic people and the cultural suppression of Autism
It’s OCD Awareness Week and CAMHS are still failing Autistic young people
Autism and Paranoia: Autistic pattern recognition when it runs away
How do CAMHS make parents and carers responsible for their child’s struggles?
Neurodivergent Mental Health (for Mental Health Awareness Month)
Autistic people are not framed well in the media: Why?
Autism and the double empathy problem: The barriers to effective support
CAMHS Mistreatment of Autistic young people: A case study
Cavendish Spaces, Niche Construction, and Nesting
Creating Autistic Suffering: Interoceptive stimming or “challenging behaviour”?
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Understanding neuronormativity and the containment of Autistic experience
CAMHS have been contributing to the death of Autistic young people for over a decade
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Autistic embodiment and the enactment of neurodivergence
Neurodivergent people and Cults
Autistic people, energy accounting, and boundaries
What is the double empathy problem and how does it relate to autism?
Neurodivergence and Substance Use
Creating Autistic suffering: CAMHS advise “safe cutting” for Autistic children
Creating Autistic Suffering: The Self-Diagnosis Debate
AuDHD addicts don’t respond to shame the way you want them to: Here is why
Being a neurodivergent musician
Here are the reasons why CAMHS endangers Autistic children
Marginalised groups should not be responsible for ending stigma
Five things that help me when I’m experiencing Autistic burnout
AuSocial: Towards an understanding of Autistic social culture
How CAMHS tier system obstructs Autistic young people from accessing support
“How do I help my Autistic child?”
CAMHS don’t just deny Autistic children support by not seeing them
Neurodivergence & Social Care (Part 1)
CAMHS misdiagnosed my Autistic burnout and it endangered my safety
Yes, being Autistic does define me
Upcoming seminar on Autistic burnout (9th August 2023 @ 7pm BST)
Autistic Late Discovery Journey
Alexithymia and Autistic Burnout: Too tired to feel it
Autistic Parenting: Supporting our Autistic children’s mental health when services won’t
I was an Autistic psychiatric inpatient: Here’s what I would change in the mental health system
Why is the Autistic community so important for Autistic people?
Hyper-empathy, mirror-touch synesthesia, and the Autistic experience of pain
The NHS wants to put surveillance equipment in psychiatric wards: Here’s what’s wrong with that
How common is psychosis for Autistic people?
CAMHS is not fit for supporting Autistic young people: Here is the evidence
Spectrum 10k and Autism Speaks are linked: here’s the things that link them
What being Autistic has taught me about attitudes towards mental health issues
Why do CAMHS fail Autistic service users?
AuDHD and cigarettes: What is the relationship?
CAMHS, autism, and suicide: The disturbing facts
The UK government knows CAMHS is failing Autistic children and they still aren’t fixing it
AuDHD and me: My nesting habits
Autism and alexithymia: The fallout for our mental health
Autism and pain: When pain management options are limited
Invite your friends to read David's Divergent Discussions
Being Autistic doesn’t automatically make you a good person
Today is Autistic Pride Day: Let’s celebrate our diversity
Autistic people are dying early; medical perceptions of pain are contributing
The link between autism and Queerness
Identity and the politicisation of human existence
Autism and drug-use: drowning in the void
What is meerkat mode and how does it relate to AuDHD?
Creating Autistic Suffering: The AuDHD Burnout to Psychosis Cycle- A deeper look
What is unique about being Schizophrenic and Autistic?
Autism and psychosis: The elephant in the room
The relationship between queerness and being Autistic
Autistic Parenting: Parenthood in it’s infancy
Being sober isn’t a competition
What is it that neurodivergent people diverge from?
Creating Autistic Suffering: CAMHS kills kids
Why is it so important for CAMHS to support Autistic children?
PDA: Are we repeating the same mistakes we’ve already made?
Autism and addiction: co-existing with a mind that seeks oblivion
When you blame autism on brain damage, you harm every Autistic person who exists
Autism and ADHD diagnosis and the problem with cultural competency among diagnostic professionals
Things that my madness obscures
BBC Panorama is having their ethics called into question following the ADHD diagnoses expose
BBC’s ADHD private diagnosis scandal is the perfect example of irresponsible reporting
What is it like to need mental health services when you’re Autistic?
Creating Autistic Suffering: What is Atypical Burnout?
What is it like to be Schizophrenic?
What is it about ABA that is so harmful to Autistic people?
How many Autistic people are in inpatient units in the UK?
Mask on, Mask off: How the common understanding of Autistic masking is creating another mask
The troubling tale of CAMHS: A service that is not fit for purpose
Why Mental Health Awareness Month is failing Autistic people
Children are being seriously injured for displaying “challenging behaviour”
Neuroqueering education through rhizomatic community networks
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Rhizomatic communities and the Chaotic Self
Challenging Behaviour: The weaponisation of Autistic existence
Thoughts on the root of the double empathy problem
Neurodivergence and the queering of purpose
Intergenerational trauma and the perpetuation of harm
The relationship between madness and neuroqueering
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Decolonising the Autistic community
Rethinking Neuroanarchy And The Autistic Rhizome
On the nature of being psychotic
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Neuroqueering knowledge and its production
Autistic people should not be the perpetual free educator
Neurodivergence, disability, and the politics of existence
My new book on autism and addiction is now available!
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Are neurodivergent communities in danger of separatism?
Understanding Autistic Wellbeing
I'm Schizophrenic, that doesn't make me dangerous
CAMHS ignorance of Autistic children runs deeper than refusing to see them
Creating Autistic Suffering: Autistic safety and neurodivergence competency
Neurodiversity is for everyone
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Autistic knowledge creation and the drive to know truth
The relationship between weirdness and madness
The Chaotic Self and the liberation of identity
Neurodivergent Identity and Culture- David with Dani, The Punk Rock Autistic
Restraint and Seclusion in England’s Schools
Neuroqueer: Neuro-anarchy and the Chaotic Self
Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Ontological perspectives of neurodiversity
World Autism Day 2023: A reflection on the work still to do
The reality of how cure culture interrupts the neurodiversity movement
Stop blaming minority groups for mass shootings
York Health and Care Partnership are going to harm Autistic adults
NHS services in England’s South West are endangering Autistic children
Autistics Incarcerated: The dark underbelly of the NHS
Autistic people should not have to educate their therapist
Weird Pride Day Special!- David with Katie Munday, Charlie Hart, and Fergus Murray
Neuroqueer Theory, Identity Politics, and Liberating the Self- David with Dr. Nick Walker