Category: Being autistic
Trying to be yourself in a world that doesn’t understand often means dealing with sensory overwhelm and social pressure.
- Being autistic
- Experiencing being autistic, covering late diagnosis, gender identity, emotional challenges, unmasking and living life on your own terms.
- Ableism
- It doesn’t matter how much research non autistic people do and then call themselves experts, we as autistic people are the experts, so we need to encourage people to talk to us.
- Anxiety
- Embracing anxiety allows us to understand what it is teaching us about ourselves, thus accepting it is part of who we are and what we came here to learn from.
- Autism and identity
- We live in a world that was made for extroverted personalities, and for autistic people trying to fit into this world is exhausting.
- Autism and loneliness
- Many people with autism feel lonely in a world that wasn’t made for them, so when people try to change them being themselves, it only fuels more feelings of isolation.
- Autistic burnout
- This article is an illustration of how autistic burnout can escalate to chronic burnout if we don't have right perspective of what we are doing that is contributing to this happening.
- Autistic response to change
- Many autistic people try to control their environment because surprises are not a welcomed friend.
- Autistic trauma
- Autistic trauma is real, often overlooked, and closely linked to a life of being excluded.
- Conscious solitude
- Conscious solitude nurtures our true essence, and is the only real way of hearing what our hearts are trying to tell us.
- Getting help
- I am a retired autistic elder with many co-occurring conditions. I worked in the healing and mentoring industry for decades before retiring.
- Normal
- Normal is not a word that should be used to describe anyone. Normal is a one size fits all illusion that has been projected onto us so we can be managed for other people’s gain.
- Partners with autism
- This article is about romantic relationships between two autistic people, but it can and does apply to other relationships such as family and friendships with people who are also autistic.
- Preparing for an autism assesment
- Preparing for an autism assessment can feel overwhelming, especially for adults seeking a diagnosis later in life.