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Ferrous, aka Oolong

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Autism and Mainstreaming

The Presumption of Mainstreaming in Scottish Education

May 6

A video still of the author, a white person with light hair and glasses, pausing in mid-flow with a sceptical expression. Their room is full of books, art and musical instruments.

May 6

Ferrous, aka Oolong

My Mum and Monotropism

Mar 15

Dinah wearing her Productive Irritant badge with pride; and a deep, well-lit tunnel.

Mar 15

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Anger and Power

I have a complicated relationship with anger: it’s a complex emotion, which shapes all of our lives on multiple levels…

Nov 22, 2023

A clay sculpture of an ambiguous animal gives a long, silent howl of indignation.

Nov 22, 2023

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Elon Musk’s Autistic Anti-Patterns

How Not To Do Being Autistic

Dec 27, 2022

A much-used internet meme: Weird nerds jumping in to defend Elon Musk from valid criticism. The weird nerds here are represented by Apu from The Simpsons.

Dec 27, 2022

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Colours, Categories and the Pursuit of Objectivity

Also available as video or audio.

Nov 11, 2022

Colours, Categories and the Pursuit of Objectivity

Nov 11, 2022

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Autism and Scientism

Why science is not always the best way to learn about autism

Jan 7, 2022

Autism and Scientism

Jan 7, 2022

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Outstanding Concerns about Spectrum 10K

While it is now well-understood that autism is genetically complex, this does not altogether neutralise the threat of eugenics…

Oct 28, 2021

Test tubes in a freezer.

Oct 28, 2021

Ferrous, aka Oolong

My ‘Rather Weird’ Mum

Dr. Dinah Murray (1946–2021)

Aug 14, 2021

Dinah stood on a rock at Castlerigg stone circle, circa 1986.

Aug 14, 2021

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Craft, Flow and Cognitive Styles

Originally a talk to the Waldorf Handwork Educators Teacher Conference on the 15th of July, 2021. Watch a video here. Hopefully this is of…

Jul 18, 2021

Craft, Flow and Cognitive Styles

Jul 18, 2021

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Is autism a disability? Is toadflax a weed?

If anything is a disability, autism is. But is anything a disability?

Apr 4, 2021

Is autism a disability? Is toadflax a weed?

Apr 4, 2021

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Ferrous, aka Oolong

Monotropic science teacher. Lives in Edinburgh, writes about neurodiversity, science, politics and things. https://oolong.co.uk

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