Podcast & transcript: What better holiday to discuss adult autistic anxiety…
Than Colonialist Thanksgiving….?
For many, a freaking minefield of social obligation, exhausting small talk & grinding anxiety.
Category: #AutisticJoy
Dear autist, you are hard-wired for #AutisticJoy.
Stimming is part of that wiring… Podcast with Transcript.
Most folks feel they achieve their best in their youth. Then slowly decline as they age.
Not #AutisticAF me…
Let me bring you inside my world. Experience autistic sensory overload…
First off… This is NOT a poor-me story…
It’s a journey to #AutisticJoy… story.
“Well, we all have meltdowns, don’t we, sweetie…?”
Ummmmm… Actually…? No.
Let’s dive into the most universal autistic experience of all… and it’s one hiding right in front of your face.
Even if no one talks about it…
How did autistic & other neurodiverse kids survive the Dark Ages before IEPs, 504 plans, targeted therapy, noise-canceling headphones…?
Here’s some brutal autistic truth-teling for ya… (with transcript)
Ever hear of autistic masking?
If you’re wondering if you ARE autistic… this is gonna sound strangely familiar… (podcast w/transcript).
Not forgiving your abusers does NOT mean you are a “bad autist.”
You are a survivor. (podcast w/transcript).
Whether the world you were born into works for you… or not…
You may find some words here that mean something…
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. […]
I think it’s time for a little controversy.
Let’s talk about cops… autists… and tragic violence. Out. Loud.
Podcast, including transcript.
Today, I’m hot on the trail of #Autistic Joy.
What it is. Why you want it. How to get it. Podcast, with transcript.
“Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be autistic…”
Heart-felt note to college student rebuked by professor for being… well, autistic.
Sometimes I just gotta say…
Fuck me…
“It turns out its a lot easier than I thought. Remembering those things as a kid that made me happy, walking outside in nature, looking at ants under a microscope, starring at the stars at night. Walking through the world with a sense of wonder, very focused on the moment isn’t that cool that is […]
Forgiving abusers… as much as SOME therapists, pop psychologists, and self-help gurus insist on it…
Is NOT a Cosmic Rule.
In Tibetan Buddhism, a “bardö” is the intermediate gap we experience between death and rebirth… Said to be, for most, a foggy, confusing, dreamlike state… lost… abandoned… fear… desire… hope… The world has been obsessed with Donald J. Trump for 5 years. Nervously checking our phones dozens of times a day… What has he done […]
There’s a hole in the American Dream…
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