The Unmasked Autistic

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Patient care taking a backseat to the business of health

I don’t think very much of doctors, or any “brand” of health professional really – except for the nurses that tend to do most of the heavy lifting. I haven’t come to this opinion lightly or quickly. For more than a decade I registered international health practitioners coming to work in Queensland, sat on committees with doctors as they assessed…

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Myths and misinformation: setting the record straight on Autism

In researching many of the stories I’ve written these past six months, it has sometimes been difficult to discern fiction from fact. And if it’s difficult for me – someone with a vested interest in finding out the ‘truth’ about Autism, who is indeed Autistic – what hope is there for the average person casually searching the internet? If you’re…

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