Alllllso the longer we’ve been going, the bigger the Patreon back catalogue gets. Right now we’re at 2 years of extra Daily Tism articles available instantly for whatever paid tier you sign up at.

Uh, and memberships start at $1.50 monthly - bloody bargain.

You’re welcome! “Bossy” autistic woman has planned your whole life for you An autistic woman has taken the liberty of sketching out your next few decades, since you were not forthcoming in a recent conversation about future plans, it has been revealed. You may not have…

An autistic woman has taken the liberty of sketching out your next few decades, since you were not forthcoming in a recent conversation about future plans, it has been revealed.

“What if I’m not really autistic?” asks world’s most obviously autistic woman, constantly An autistic woman is boring the ever-living fuck out of her friends and family by relentlessly questioning her own diagnosis, sources have claimed.  To put her doubts to rest, Paige Thomas, 39,…

An autistic woman is boring the ever-living fuck out of her friends and family by relentlessly questioning her own diagnosis, sources have claimed.

Baggy clothes next best thing to nudity, say autistics Some autistic people have succeeded in wearing clothes without having clothes anywhere near them, sources have confirmed.  The revolutionary new style reportedly allows autistic people to feel as…

The revolutionary new style reportedly allows autistic people to feel as free as they day they were born, without immediately losing their actual freedom on a public indecency charge.

Autistic woman disappointed to discover “adult colouring book” not sexually explicit The adult entertainment industry is facing tough questions after concerns were raised about the underwhelming and entirely unsexy content of their colouring books, it has been revealed. Autistic…

Autistic customer Alma Montague, 41, expressed dismay with her recent purchase, which she was led to believe would be a relaxing and horny experience.

Amazing 😂

Top view of a blue china Stetson ornament which looks remarkably like a vulva

Ahaha just unwrapped this to have pride of place in my office @laurarichmond.bsky.social. A Stetson indeed 😂

I had forgotten all about this!

Getting very excited about going down to London in a week or so for the recording of the @thedailytism.com audio sitcom (I'm co-creator, co-script editor, and exec producer). It's a ridiculously great cast, and we've had the first of the celeb voice cameos back and it's stunning.

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.

This will haunt me until the day I die.

Ah yes. This classic @laurarichmond.bsky.social moment. Never stops being hilarious.

Still got my orange jelly mould in the shape of a rabbit that everyone had in the '90s... coming out of retirement. Green jelly mashed up for grass, obviously.

ADHD meds dispensed by riddle-posing wizard at end of elaborate fiery maze suspended over radioactive shark tank You can have your ADHD medication, but only after completing a series of increasingly complex and life-threatening challenges, your pharmacist has announced. According to private online pharmacy NoMed...

Oh I see, it's like that is it? Now @sararoseg.bsky.social has been rumbled for putting photos of @brainmage.bsky.social on his pieces she's moved on to doing pictures of me on mine.

Well, joke's on her, I *wish* I had that much hair. That's clearly Alan Moore.

Rigged! Completed tasks on to-do list keep getting replaced with new ones You will never finish your chores and obligations because life is a succession of one tedious fucking thing after another until you die, scientists have confirmed. Dr. Brenda Hernández, who was first…

You will never finish your chores and obligations because life is a succession of one tedious fucking thing after another until you die, scientists have confirmed.

Autistic woman boldly embarks on 59th career change An autistic woman has baffled her friends and relatives by switching career every few days, with each job more strange and confusing than the last, sources have claimed.  Pippa Durham, 39, who holds…

Pippa Durham, 39, who holds a first-class degree in Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic, had intended to become an academic, yet abandoned this plan on discovering that she would be required to do more than just fondling old books.

Yes, down definitely worse than up!

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This time, I'd planned to be a good author and promote my book, but fairly typically, I got completely derailed and started infodumping about special interests instead. Amy is such a skilled host that you forget you're not just catching up with a friend. (2/2)

145 [Bonus] "An overarching, big life project": interconnecting special interests, memory and mental health - SquarePeg Laura Richmond is a writer, researcher and doll restorer from Southampton in the UK. She was my guest on the podcast in 2023. When we spoke then, it was just a year on from her autism diagnosis, and s...

New SquarePeg podcast episode is up! I could not believe it's been three years since we recorded my "from psychiatric trauma to autistic joy" one. (1/2) squarepeg.community/145-bonus-an...

This is amazing. Feeling very 'seen'. I was terrified of escalators as a kid.

Cat records chart-topping album of autistic owner’s little songs A cat has become one of the world’s best-selling musical artists overnight, after secretly recording his owner while she sang about him. Marmaduke, six, is reported to have been the subject of near…

Marmaduke, six, is reported to have been the subject of near constant vocal stimming by Ellie Mulligan, 32. In response, Marmaduke concealed a microphone within his floofy orange trousers, and he is now rich beyond his wildest dreams.

I’m *that* parent.

Role model! Teacher inspires autistic teens to stop going to school A teacher has been praised for promoting the belief that autistic young people can do anything they put their mind to - even, apparently, staying the fuck away from her.  Karen Hoyland, 45, teaches…

Karen Hoyland, 45, teaches Citizenship at a secondary school, where she prides herself on creating an environment that stifles any expression of individuality underneath a large wall display that reads “FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS”.

"As I review my past through my new autism sunglasses, I have more compassion for my younger self. As I view the present, I’m more likely to give my current self permission to be who she is rather than to conform to expectations. I’m more likely to forgive myself when I become intensely anxious over things that I know other people would take in their stride, or when I struggle to communicate. I shouldn’t need a diagnosis for any of that, but I can’t deny that it helps." Laura Richmond, All My Worldly Joy

A copy of 'All My Worldly Joy' by Laura Richmond on a pink blanket.

I am very lucky to be surrounded by so many vibrant and inspiring neurodivergent people. Just one of the benefits of knowing that I'm autistic.

I've recently finished an NHS project, working with mother and baby units at Winchester and Dartford on their support for neurodivergent parents, and I'm proud to be part of a vocal minority championing neurodiversity-affirming perinatal care.

I'm thankful for the hilarious team at @thedailytism.com who challenge me to be a better writer as well as making me laugh until my face hurts.

A bookshelf full of autistic people's memoirs with some crystals in front.

Today I recorded a second Squarepeg podcast episode and had so much fun catching up with @amyrichards.bsky.social. Afterwards, she sent this photo of my book alongside @sararoseg.bsky.social, Hannah Gadsby, Fern Brady and others - what a privilege to be in such company.

When I was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 34, the psychologist said, "Congratulations, you're part of a community of wonderful people."

This #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek I'm so thankful for my diagnosis and for that community. (thread.)