Podcast here… Millennial culture is my favorite on Earth. And autistic Millenials…? I identify with them like no others. I talk with autistics who are staring at turning 30… or 40… every day. Smart. Educated. Eyes wide open…Yet bewildered. Uncertain. Some think they’ve done something wrong… but can’t figure out what. But some are… mad.…More
Category Archives: Accomodating
Podcast: I’m Still Autistic. I STILL Fear Cops: One Year after Linden Cameron
I think it’s time for a little controversy.
Let’s talk about cops… autists… and tragic violence. Out. Loud.
Podcast, including transcript.More
On #AutisticJoy, Personality & Being in the Flow… s1e2
Today, I’m hot on the trail of #Autistic Joy.
What it is. Why you want it. How to get it. Podcast, with transcript.More
Share: Mapping Autistic Frustration
When the world overwhelms you…
Sometimes ya just gotta pull out a map and get the freak outta Dodge… More
Share: Plea from Nonspeaking Autist Ash Hudson
Clearly, I have my own voice in my way, and the will to do things.
Help me create a world where I am allowed to use them.
Share: Reframing “Severe” Autism, by Damon Kirsebom
Nonspeaking autists are not who you think… or see…
Must-see… can’t-look-away video. More
Dear Autist: Forgiving Your Family? NOT a Cosmic Rule…
Forgiving abusers… as much as SOME therapists, pop psychologists, and self-help gurus insist on it…
Is NOT a Cosmic Rule.
Opinion: Autists Need Safety from Cops… Not ID Papers
Groton City Council Takes Autistic Safety Seriously… But… Won’t Be Enough.
No human services should be delivered by someone packing a gun…
There’s no excuse for deadly mistakes… delivering human services.
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Share: What It’s Like to Be Autistic in Jail.
This … https://nativeofnowheredotblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/what-its-like-to-be-autistic-and-in-jail/ To read more about this important issue: Autism & the Police.More
Drinking while Autistic: Vanilla Cream-Tini 🥃🥂
Holiday gatherings difficult…?
These should sweeten the situation… More
UPDATE: “Designing My Home Around Adult Autism”
G-d I hate my autism today…
Listen, I screwed up big-time. So I went off on a rant….More
Designing My Home Around Adult Autism: 7 Principles
As an autist, I am challenged managing space, time, mind, heart, body, and above all… energy.
I need my home to work with me, for me… and what I do in my life… instead of the other way around.More
Coming Out Autistic: Chat with an Old Friend
Mebbe the hardest, weirdest thing about coming out autistic? Telling folks who knew me many years ago.
Before ANY of us figured out I’m #ActuallyAutistic…More
50 Shades of Autistic Thinking, Pt 2: Verbal Processing
What could be more basic to human experience than…
Speech…?
Mebbe, just mebbe… I’m not precisely… human.
Note to a Younger Autistic Friend… 👴📝📬
Sweetie…
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be autistic…
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Autism & Love…
Big topic.
Let’s try talking…More
Managing My Autism… A Personal Panic List
When the fog of meltdown comes on, I can’t think of what to do in that moment… to just deal….
So I made a little list…More
On #AutisticJoy, Personality & Being in the Flow…
Autistic joy is hard to explain to another person. Pretty much ANY non-autistic person.
And trying to… drags me into Deep Philosophical Waters…More
Inside an Autistic Meltdown… I D i s a p p e a r . . .
When I experience a meltdown, whether it manifests as panic attack, “autistic rage,” or shutting down…
For a while, the “me” I’m accustomed to being… disappears.More
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