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Living with ME

| Jeremy Jeffs

Nine people with ME reveal their unremitting struggles as they negotiate life with their illness, including their battles to be believed, diagnosed and supported.

  • Article
  • Article

The stuck tampon

| Dorothée KingTracy Satchwill

Dorothée King was on holiday when she experienced the awkward, uncomfortable and panicky situation all tampon users dread.

  • Photo story
  • Photo story

‘Yes I am’ – voices of autistic women from minoritised communities

| Rosie Barnes

Rosie Barnes showcases the powerful voices of autistic women from minoritised communities as they talk about the specific and complex challenges they face.

  • Article
  • Article

A creative collaboration with compulsion

| Liz AtkinSteven Pocock

Discover how artist Liz Atkin has channelled the compulsion to pick her skin into an imaginative outlet for her feelings.

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My backstory

| Mads Horwath

A more vulnerable exposé on my dermatillomania.

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Mom's solution

| Mads Horwath

Mother may well know best in this case.

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Walk it off

| Mads Horwath

When skin picking really is a disorder and interferes with life.

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Voyage

| Mads Horwath

The root of picking really is just skin deep.

  • Comic
  • Comic

Rod with a prod

| Mads Horwath

You’ve got a friend in Rod.

  • Comic
  • Comic

The upsides of dermatillomania

| Mads Horwath

Everything needs a silver lining.

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  • Comic

Save the world

| Mads Horwath

It’s harder than you’d think.

  • Short film
  • Short film

Imagining a more inclusive world

| Carrie RavenscroftBenjamin GilbertLalita Kaplish

An official diagnosis for ADHD has given artist Carrie Ravenscroft so much more than the medical support she lacked. For the first time, it’s allowed her to see a future for herself as valid member of a diverse community.

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  • Short film

The power of art

| Carrie RavenscroftBenjamin GilbertLalita Kaplish

For Carrie Ravenscroft, both the techniques and content of her art are expressions of the workings of her neurodivergent mind.

  • Short film
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Gender gap

| Carrie RavenscroftBenjamin GilbertLalita Kaplish

In this artwork, Carrie Ravenscroft considers how her personal struggles with having ADHD relate to the wider challenges of being neurodivergent and female.

  • Short film
  • Short film

Loss and grieving

| Carrie RavenscroftBenjamin GilbertLalita Kaplish

In this artwork Carrie Ravenscroft delves into the complex feelings of grief and loss that were triggered by the death of her aunt during the Covid pandemic.

  • Short film
  • Short film

Chaos within boundaries

| Carrie RavenscroftBenjamin GilbertLalita Kaplish

How making a series of paintings helped Carrie Ravenscroft process and map her journey towards a neurodivergent identity.

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No solution

| Mads Horwath

We all need to relieve stress.

  • Book extract
  • Book extract

Autism and the ache of loneliness

| Daniel TammetHifuMiyo

Explore the thoughts of an autistic loneliness researcher in this quietly expressive extract from Daniel Tammet’s book ‘Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum’.

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Guillotine

| Mads Horwath

Sometimes the solution isn’t worth the trouble.

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Can you tell I’m stressed?

| Mads Horwath

When your friends need to read the signs.

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  • Article

The wishing-tree of Loch Maree

| Ceri HoulbrookCat O’Neil

So many pilgrims have visited a tiny loch island in Scotland that the site of their devotions, a fragile and crumbling tree, has collapsed under the ministrations of thousands of hands leaving thanks for its rumoured health-bestowing powers.

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I’m not ashamed

| Mads Horwath

Don’t let picking your scars stop you from enjoying nature’s bounty.

  • Long read
  • Long read

Love, grief and assisted dying

| Michelle ElliotEszter Bonyi

In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.

  • Photo story
  • Photo story

Alopecia in men

| Orlando Gili

Men break their silence about total hair loss in these intimate portraits and interviews by Orlando Gili.

  • Book extract
  • Book extract

Your gut’s instincts

| Elsa RichardsonSteven Pocock

Cultural historian Elsa Richardson explores the stomach’s influence over our emotions, and why trusting your gut is often good advice.