3 Minds

Term four is nearly here, and for families of autistic Year 12s, the countdown to formals comes with a quieter worry, what happens in January, when there's nowhere to be? School, for all its chaos, provides structure. A timetable. People noticing when things go sideways. Then graduation hits and it vanishes. Researchers call it the "services cliff", support drops away just as needs are changing. Nearly all autistic students (97%) need a level of support at school, and then it stops. Autistic...

Let's talk about the mask. No, not the one you wore through 2020 (though, same energy). We're talking about the one a lot of autistic and ADHD people wear every single day the carefully constructed performance of being "normal enough" to get through the world without too many raised eyebrows, too many questions, or too much fallout. If you've never heard the term masking , here's the short version: it's when you suppress, camouflage, or straight-up override your natural way of being — your...

Red Flags You know that feeling when something's been gnawing at you for months (or years), but you can't quite put your finger on what's...