Ella, Author at Purple Ella

My Sleep Difficulties

by Ella
in Autistic Spectrum
— 30 Nov, 2018

Autistic people often experience sleep difficulties. This can be difficulty getting to sleep at the start at the night, or night time waking. I regularly have difficulty getting a full[…]

by Ella
in Autistic Spectrum · Blog
— 23 Nov, 2018

Exciting news. Last week I was given access to the community tab over on YouTube. Which means I can interact with my audience. One of the features is the ability[…]

by Ella
in Autistic Spectrum · Chronic Illness - ME/CFS
— 16 Nov, 2018

I have a special video for you this week. It’s my first group video. Ros and I were joined by Rob to film our monthly Autism In Company video. I[…]

by Ella
in Uncategorized
— 9 Nov, 2018

My children have had their own weighted blankets for several years now. It never occurred to me that I might benefit from one. So when a friend told me about[…]

by Ella
in Autistic Spectrum · Blog
— 2 Nov, 2018

It’s been an exciting week here in Purple land. I had been invited to speak at National Autistic Society’s ‘autistic women and girls conference’. So I headed to London with[…]

by Ella
in Autistic Spectrum
— 19 Oct, 2018

Does anybody else regularly have to deal with autism and irritability? My overload and anxiety often presents as irritability and it’s a really difficult emotion to deal with. Irritability starts[…]

by Ella
in Uncategorized
— 12 Oct, 2018

This week I’m joined again by my autistic friend Ros, for this months Autism In Company. We’re discussing autism and physical health. Anecdotally in the autism community there appears to[…]