Mair Elliott

Young Patient Activist

Honest, open and authentic talk about life as an autistic person with a focus on mental health.

Public speaking Activism Blogging Real talk Media work Patient-led research Consultancy

My book, 'From Hurt to Hope: Stories of Mental Health, Mental Illness and Being Autistic', is available to pre order here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-hurt-to-hope/mair-elliott/yenn-purkis/9781787755857

Reflecting on a decade...

I wasn’t going to do anything public for the new year, but I felt I needed to write something down for myself. It seems strange to...

Patience cannot be prescribed, but it can be practiced.

Last week I needed to kill some time before catching a train home one morning. I found a café to sit in and ordered coffee and breakfast....

Gardening and recovery

Often seen as an elderly person’s hobby, gardening and it’s benefits to health can often be overlooked. With benefits to physical health,...

Alone does not mean lonely

**I realise this may read as if I think more highly of myself than others, which I do not. I wrote this because I am frequently irked by...

To diagnose or not to diagnose

Between Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, Claudia Hammond’s radio 4 series ‘D for Diagnosis’ and my own personal work, the idea of...

The healer - passive patient dynamic

Last week I wasn’t feeling good, I was experiencing dissociative episodes, strong and urgent suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges, my...

Art and mental health

Last week I attended a fantastic event on the theme of art and mental health. It was like a breath of fresh air. I had an incredibly...