Reducing Autistic Suicidality: LD&A Community of Practice Wed 2nd of Sep 2026
♾️ Community of PracticeKent and Medway Learning Disability and AutismCross-Services | Cross-Sector | Led by Lived Experts Session 4Reducing Autistic Suicidality:How Do Our Systems and Services Need to Work Together?📅 Wednesday 2nd September 2026🕐 12:00pm to 2:00pm (2 hours)💻 Online, on Microsoft Teams – join from anywhere👥 Open to everyone. You do not need to…
Regret Is Not Retraction: Simon Baron-Cohen’s non-apology, and the £26m question we should be asking
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC© Please credit when sharing. On this page you will find two versions of this blog. There is a blog plain language version and an easy read version. Click the title of the version you would like to read below. Regret Is Not Retraction: Simon Baron-Cohen’s non-apology, and the…
10th of June 2026: The House of Lords debate on the Autism Act 2009
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC© Please credit when sharing. On this page you will find two versions of this blog about the House of Lords debate on the Autism Act happening on the 10th of June 2026. There is a blog plain language version and an easy read version. Click the title of…
Autism’s “four subtypes” – what the Litman et al. 2025 study actually found
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC© Please credit when sharing. Farahar, C. (2026, May 2nd). Autism’s “four subtypes” – what the Litman et al. 2025 study actually found. Aucademy. https://aucademy.co.uk/2026/05/02/autisms-four-subtypes-what-the-litman-et-al-2025-study-actually-found/ For permissions, contact au-cademy@outlook.com On this page you will find three versions of my discussion about the problems with a research paper from 2025…
Routines, Rigidity, and Running Late
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC© Please credit when sharing. For permissions, contact au-cademy@outlook.com I’m all turned about this morning. It’s a long bank holiday weekend and I don’t know what to do with myself – the absence of a plan makes me feel emotionally low. It’s made more uncomfortable by having had to…
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Leaves Someone Out. Let’s Talk About Who.
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC © Dr Chloe Farahar. Please credit when sharing. For permissions, contact au-cademy@outlook.com Every year, Neurodiversity Celebration Week arrives with its rainbow banners and its infinity symbols, its acknowledgements of Autistic people, its nods to ADHD and dyslexia. And every year, I find myself returning to the same question:…
Neurodiversity Celebration Week: A Free Resource for Everyone
Dr Chloe Farahar (they/she) | Aucademy CIC Jump to: Neurodiversity Celebration Week is one of those things I have complicated feelings about. On one hand, I am deeply glad it exists. On the other, I watch it narrow, year on year, into a celebration of a few neurodivergences most people have heard of – whilst…
Why “Autism Is Not A Spectrum” – But Not For the Reasons You May Have Heard
By Dr Chloe Farahar | Autistic Researcher, Project Manager for Learning Disability and Autism at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, and Founder of Aucademy CIC The Spectrum Was Never Fit For Purpose – And Uta Frith Still Doesn’t Understand Why… Frith, in her recent TES interview, claims the spectrum has “collapsed” because it…
“Profound” Misunderstanding: Why The Lancet Commission on Autism & The Guardian Got It Wrong
[Please note: there is a blog version, a downloadable essay version, and a downloadable easy-read version, dependent on your reading preferences. Click the heading for easy read and/or essay versions in the content list above] February 2026 and The Guardian publishes another “autism” article, the hot topic for many news outlets in recent years. This…
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