This book has been written by Prof. Meredith Small. The publishers say: “By many estimations, the Western medical model of mental health is dangerously incomplete. If we step outside of the traditional disease model there are many new and different…
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What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you’ve been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself? Laura James found out that she was autistic as…
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This picture – “Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear” – was painted by van Gogh in 1889, using oil on canvas, shortly after he returned home from hospital having mutilated his own ear. It shows the artist in three-quarter profile standing in a room…
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In April 1966 a comedy “class sketch” (otherwise called “I know my place”) formed part of that week’s “The Frost Report” – a satirical TV programme. It featured John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Inspired by this, the…
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The art of Danish hygge: hard to explain and even harder to pronounce, the Danish word “hygge” (sounds a bit like “hooga”) roughly translates to cosiness, but that definition doesn’t quite cover it. In essence, hygge means creating a nice,…
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Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their income, a new study has found. The research by the London School of Economics looked at responses from 200,000 people on how different factors impacted their wellbeing….
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Different Voices is a neurodiverse film talent development programme from 104 films and biggerhouse film . It builds on their experience of developing the feature film Dawn of the Dark Fox (watch a clip here ) – the first feature film directed by an autistic film maker,…
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