Pete Wharmby

@petewharmby.com

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Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD. www.petewharmby.com

Edward the Blue Engine looking sad, with the caption 'when someone yet again tells you that actually it's not too hot in here at all, and to stop being silly'
Image of a cartoon young boy inside a wasp nest. 2 wasps in trenchcoats are talking about the holes in the nest, which appear to have been made by stones thrown from inside the hive. They haven't noticed the young boy.
Japanese cover of Untypical with a large black moomin shaped thing drinking tea on a backdrop of trees
Reddy Kilowatt, the US electricity mascot from the 1920s, pulling a knife on a child with the caption "remember kids, electricity will kill you"
When people imagine autism, they imagine autistic distress. This is damning of society, isn't it?
Donald and Douglas from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends both looking grumpy, with the caption 'when autism wants to read this book and ADHD wants to read all the books'
Picture of Edward the Blue Engine looking very upset with the words 'When you're feeling awful but you have no idea why because of alexithymia and interoception differences.'
Mt St Helens before and after the eruption of 1980 - half the mountain has gone
Homer simpson sits on his car bonnet looking at the stars after his mother left
A cartoon laptop in peach, pink and greys with the following written onscreen: 'Autistic people can really benefit from asynchronous communication, like online where replies aren't needed immediately'
Mountains under a lively blue and grey sky
A parody of the 9/10 dentists agree concept using the character Mark Corrigan from Peep Show
With ADHD, much of the hyperactivity can be in the brain (on a pink and white flowery background)