METTE is a writer, collector, and curator working at the junction between print, audio, and interdisciplinary projects. Receiving an autism diagnosis at age twenty one she has a vested interest in representation and accessibility.
Reflecting on our neurodivergent communities and autistic identities, Mette explores the impact of language both used by people with lived experience, and by those describing them. Read More...
Whilst autism is a condition to be managed, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder to be resolved, resulting in a complex combination of shared symptoms that are treated in vastly different ways. Mette considers how treatment for… Read More...
How can we design a workplace culture that accommodates the autistic community? Autistic writer Mette reflects on her experiences as a freelancer. Read More...
The Spectrum 10K Study aims to look at biological and environmental factors linked to the wellbeing of autistic people. Mette discusses why the study has been met with concern and controversy. Read More...
Disclosing your autism diagnosis can be a useful way of communicating what accommodations you might need to make your work, place of study, home life, and friendships simpler and more accessible. Read More...
Multiply marginalised due to being a mixed race, autistic woman, Mette writes for Learning Disability Today about intersectionality and how she experiences a world that wasn't built for her. Read More...
"Restless nights aren’t always hours of busy heightened activity into the early hours, or absolute melt-down. It’s often an exhausting in-between of endless enforced “resting" and not sleeping". Read More...
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