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My Medium 2021 Highlights
The stories I’m most proud to have written this year

As 2021 draws to a close, and I’m fittingly down with Covid and stuck on my sofa, I decided why not indulge myself by looking back over the stories I wrote and published this year and making a nice little list of my favorites?
Throughout the past twelve months I’ve contributed regularly to multiple publications here on Medium, predominantly within my specialisms of mental health and Autism. In September, I also launched The Blade & Beyond, a publication focused exclusively on self-harm and recovery (and we’re always open to submissions from new writers so if that appeals, check out the Guidelines!).
Right, let’s dig in!
I began the year with a few first, including my first stories published by Artfully Autistic and Prism & Pen —