Back in 2016 and 2017, when a person would Google Autism or Autistic People, the search results that would populate in response were pretty abysmal.
Continue reading What is #ActuallyAutistic (to me, a late identified Autistic Adult) – Finding Community in a Sea of Stigma
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Continue reading Is your organization Neuro-Inclusive? Do you want it to be?
My adult Autism diagnosis marked a pivotal moment in my life, altering my understanding of myself (and my path to personal growth).
Making sharp turns occasionally when faced with new information is necessary.
One of the traits that I find most attractive in people is their ability to adjust to new information (even if it takes them a while).
While some may need to slow down to navigate these ‘sharp turns,’ our ability to adapt and ‘swerve’ occasionally is crucial.
Our ability to change directions prevents us from crashing, enabling us to navigate life’s ever-changing circumstances.
Continue reading Breaking Free from the Need for Control: My Journey Towards Embracing Uncertainty
Learning how to break free from harmful patterns to build healthier, happier connections.
Continue reading The Unseen Legacy: How Childhood Relationships Affect Our Adult Lives
It has been years since Damian Milton rocked the world with the paper: On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem.’
In Damian’s paper, the double empathy problem was defined as:
A disjuncture in reciprocity between two differently disposed social actors which becomes more marked the wider the disjuncture in dispositional perceptions of the lifeworld – perceived as a breach in the ‘natural attitude’ of what constitutes ‘social reality’ for ‘neuro-typical’ people and yet an everyday and often traumatic experience for ‘autistic people.’
What does that mean in more simple language? I will explain in this month’s video. Continue reading Autistic Empathy – Autism and the Double Empathy Problem
When I was finally diagnosed Autistic at the age of 29, I realized all I had lost in my years of forcing myself into conformity and set out on a mission to get the person I lost back.
Continue reading Steps to Stabilization After Learning You are NeuroDivergent
Learning I was Autistic was like being hit over the head with a stick, reversing a block in my mind that had obscured many of my childhood memories.
Continue reading Who am I? Rediscovering the Hidden Parts of Myself Through an Adult Autism Diagnosis
For almost the first thirty years of my life, I masked my Autistic traits because those around me had convinced me these traits were not there.
Pushing through (denying, hiding, and ignoring) over twenty-five years of regular headaches, migraines, vertigo, disorientation, physical pain, and overloads triggered by the unsupported differences that nobody knew I had. Continue reading Autistic Me: What I’ve Learned Since Being Diagnosed “with Autism” at the Age of 29
Exploring the hidden toll of exhaustion, societal expectations, and the transformative power of self-acceptance for Autistic People
Continue reading Burned Out – The Hidden Toll: A Cautionary Tale of Autistic Exhaustion, Autism, and Burn Out
I’ve been spending a lot of time reflecting on who I used to be when I did not yet know I was Autistic, as well as who I am now (that I’ve known the truth about my mind for over seven years).
