Moving house, processing a diagnosis and autism advocacy.
Where have I been and what's new?
Wow I just realised it’s accidentally been 7 months since I last wrote and posted anything here. Oopsie! My abandonment wasn’t intentional but I have to admit I do feel I’ve been avoiding writing. Why? Good question and one I don’t really have a solid answer to.
A lot has changed for me in the past 7 months (as you would imagine, it’s no small amount of time after all). To keep it short and sweet let me share it with you in bullet points:
We moved house! We moved from a town into a small village because we wanted more garden space and more peace. Our previous home (a beautiful Victorian mid-terrace) was our first home we owned so it will always have a place in our hearts and honestly it felt bittersweet leaving it. We poured so much time, energy and love (and money) into decorating it to put our stamp on it but after 4 years we wanted something that was better for my nervous system. Town living was convenient and good for takeaways but the constant noise was too much for my little autistic brain. We are now out in the countryside and as I sit here typing all I can hear is birdsong and as I look out the window I can see green fields instead of the other side of the street. We are very privileged to be able to afford a house and live where we do and I count my lucky stars every day we’re here. I have a house reno account on Instagram that I made when we bought our last house if you’d like to follow along. As with this Substack I forgot it existed and so haven’t posted in a while but maybe reviving it as we decorate our new house will be a fun project for me.
I got my medical autism diagnosis! Although I had been self-diagnosed for around 3 years, in December last year (2025) I finally made it official and had my autism assessment. Originally, I didn’t think I wanted to get a medical diagnosis for various reasons but I’m really glad I did. After they diagnosed me I burst into tears (same as I did for my ADHD diagnosis back in 2022) and felt a flood of relief. I didn’t feel the anger I felt when diagnosed with ADHD but I also wasn’t expecting to be so thrown by this diagnosis. Having spoken to a few friends that were self-diagnosed and then medically diagnosed they also said something felt different when they got that validation as such from a medical professional. I struggled to process that I was autistic even though I already knew I was. It’s something I’m now unpacking in therapy and maybe I’ll write about it here soon too. (P.S. I still believe self-diagnosis, when done properly, is valid).
I’m trying to be a better autism advocate. April is Autism Awareness Month and I’m using my platform to uplift and amplify the voices of autistic folk that don’t look like me, i.e. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour), medium and high support needs autistic folk. If you’d like to learn more about their experiences then head to my Instagram to check out the series. I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with some really cool people so far and there is more to come!
I became an auntie…twice! My sister has had 2 (!) babies in the last year making me an auntie. Now look, I’m not the biggest fan of kids. They are overstimulating and sticky and I don’t know how to act around them, and that’s on me! But my sister’s babies are the most perfect little squishies on earth and I love them so much (even though I haven’t met one of them yet!) I’m so excited to be the cool, weird aunt.
Very likely some other cool stuff happened over the past 7 months, but honestly, I don’t remember - ADHD life.
I’m not entirely sure how I’m planning to use this space anymore - Brain dump? Advocacy? Writing practice? - so I would love to hear from you what you’d like to hear from me. Thank you for reading my ramblings and I look forward to hearing your suggestions.
Love Georgia x