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An Autistic Woman Goes to the Doctor
I am an autistic woman. I expect people to presume competence, even if the tools I use are different. Continue reading
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Hearing the Unspoken
I shut up now, too, because I am aware that my oral communication skills will not be able to explain what I mean … But the me me, the one who I am by myself, is, for the most part, silent. Verbally silent. There are lots and lots of thoughts. Continue reading
The Mechanics of Giving Care
My autism and my life experiences are akin to the complicated ecosystem found in coral reefs, multitudes of species interacting with each other, the sun, and the sea. Continue reading
Body Talk
At least once a day, and whenever I feel “weird”, “anxious”, or, as I am trying to recognize it, “discomfort”, I go to my flash cards and try to find emotional and/or physical sources. Continue reading
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Tagged adult autism, alexithymia, asperger's, interoception, masking, sensory processing
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Pictures and Patterns
It is predictable, safe, and controlled, the same tetronimos falling in the same order at the same speed every time. Continue reading
No Small Change
Change is so hard. It is rainfall on a holey roof. Continue reading
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Tagged adult autism, asperger's, autism, autism and change, autism and routine
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My Mountain is Calling and I Must Go …
Then in 2017, I began running up the staircase. In 2017, the year I turned forty-two, I learned that I have autism. Continue reading
Deficient vs Different
I know that I am autistic, not because I am a failure (in fact, I am not a failure, despite society’s definition!) but because I experience, interpret, and perceive the world in ways that are different than how most people seem to do. Continue reading
Hope and Resilience, Two Vignettes
I started to cry, covering my face with my apron … I squinted my eyes so my room became a swirl of colors. Continue reading
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Tagged adult autism, asperger's, autism, autism and communication, executive function, female autism, stimming, synesthesia
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It Just Doesn’t Occur to Me.
What if we treated physical affection the way we do roller coasters, or, better yet, big cities? Some people love them; some hate them; some think they are a nice place to visit but would never live in one. We can each figure out what is right for us. Continue reading
