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A gilded cage is still a cage

'Clinical' is a word that is part of the framework and the furniture of my job as a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT). It trips off the tongue of colleagues without question and populates documents, policies and procedures. Yet, I wonder, in all its commonplace and everyday presence, do people ever really stand back to think about what that word actually implies? Here are two definitions from the Cambridge English Online Dictionary clinical  adjective   used to refer to medical work or teaching that relates to the examination and treatment of ill people expressing no emotion or feelings; showing no character and warmt h In reading these definitions I feel like I want to scream loudly and break free from those words, that box that contains my working life. For all the talk of  care, closeness and individual support  by my professional body, the term  clinical  remains a gilded cage. A cage because these are the words and meanings that frame my day-to-...
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Fuel Bubble: 2.0

 

A few months ago, I posted a blog entitled, 'My Fuel Bubble': A written explanation and exploration of an original idea that my autistic son had shared with me.

This is an attempt at a dynamic explanation in visuals and words.


MyFuel Bubble 2.0 is a short film, describing how a fuel bubble is formed and held. Fuel bubbles are personal and unique to all of us, no matter our neurotype. They give us authentic energy to be and to be well. They are also transient, dynamic and vulnerable to changes in the elements that help shape them. When sustaining a stable or controlled energy flow within the fuel bubble reaches a critical level of ‘imbalance’, it may burst and energy is rapidly lost. This might look on the outside like a 'meltdown' or a 'shutdown'. Our fuel bubbles rarely disappear completely, but after energy is lost, fuel bubbles are understandably smaller, and may take time to reform. A frequent cycle of forming-bursting-forming, or where bubbles are burst in unpredictable or intense ways, can lead to more significant effects, such as 'exhaustion' or 'burnout'.

 

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