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Navigating in a connected world
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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The neuroscience of how we navigate
Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?
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Slow and steady
With the right tools, things get easier, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy.
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Pageantry of self-love
Sometimes, self-love can feel exhausting.
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Still wondering which type of neurodivergent you are?
Even more bonus points if your answer remains “all of the above”!
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Different clocks, different paths
We don't all have the same 24 hours!
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A little too literal
The tendency to take things literally combined with finding it hard to open up can be tough.
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Best laid plans
Sometimes the most chaotic factor in your plan is YOU!
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Modern life is overwhelming. Just when you’re finally coping, there’s always a curveball ready to throw you off.
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Stressful hyperfixation
Sometimes, distraction is the best medicine.
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Bad stim
Bex Ollerton explores how depression and ADHD can make you seek out negativity to avoid feeling restless or numb.
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Me @ Me
Mental health struggles can make you refuse help, even from yourself.
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The neurodivergent cocktail
Mental health problems and neurodivergence often go hand in hand.
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Which type of neurodivergent are you?
Bonus points if your answer is “all of the above”!
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Belonging, babies and self-belief
As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.
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A nose through Blythe House
Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.
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A walk through other people’s expectations
The steep path isn’t the only thing Caroline Butterwick has to navigate on her Lakeland hike. Always aware of other people’s expectations, she continually monitors how her disability might seem to strangers.
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Why the truth is better than a happy ending
Caroline Butterwick often uses lived experience to inform her journalism, but she’s discovered a tension between the truth and stories that will sell.
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Butch drag in the builders’ caff
Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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When everyday environments become anxious spaces
Social anxiety disorder isolates those who experience it. Part of the solution is to design public spaces with mental health in mind.
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Sick of the theatre
What makes the stage a good place to share real-life experiences of ill health?
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The significance of safe spaces as refuges from racism
Beer writer David Jesudason discusses the impact racism has had on his mental health, and the consolation offered by pubs that feel truly safe.
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Why make-believe matters
Michael Rosen explores the point of play, and reveals why we should all do a little more daydreaming.
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Doctor in the house
A house is not always a home – sometimes it’s impermanent, impersonal. But other aspects of the itinerant life can be the source of a sense of home.