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AUTISM AND ME

I am currently writing a memoir about late-diagnosed autism. You can read some articles and some of my essays about my diagnosis and more at the links below.

Essay: ‘Cailín Deas, Cailín Dána’ about diagnosis, Switzerland, alcohol, etc published at Trasna here.

Interview with me about my diagnosis by Niamh Donnelly at the Irish Times here.

Essay extract about giving up alcohol and my diagnosis at the Irish Independent here. (Extracted from Wired Our Own Way, a bestselling anthology of essays by autistic Irish people, published in 2025, by New Island and edited by Niamh Garvey.)

Essay: ‘Life as Mask, Mask as Life’ about masking (!) published in Frazzled Lit. Read it here.

Radio interview: on the Brendan O’Connor Show, on RTÉ Radio 1. Listen here.

Podcast interview: on Point of View with Anne O’Neill. Listen here.

Podcast interview: on The Weekly Wheatley with Derek Wheatley. Listen here.

Essay: ‘Smoke Out of the Jar’, published at Stonecoast Review. Read it here.