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: Symptoms
Dear autist, you are hard-wired for #AutisticJoy.
Stimming is part of that wiring… Podcast with Transcript.
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).
…Over. And over. And over. Again. Ikr?
This one’s about as real as I’m ever gonna get.
Nonspeaking autists are not who you think… or see…
Must-see… can’t-look-away video.
Parents are powerful. But not omnipotent…
What could be more basic to human experience than…
Speech…?
Mebbe, just mebbe… I’m not precisely… human.
Sweetie…
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be autistic…
Big topic.
Let’s try talking…
I fear every police officer & cop car I see.
And in 21st Century America… I see them everywhere.
So I bought a Medical Alert Bracelet. To protect myself from “helping” First Responders…
I’ve been struggling with some self-doubt.
It’s an autism thang.
I begin a series exploring how my autistic mind works…
Cuz if we don’t show ’em our hearts…. How will they ever love us?
I’ve come to enjoy the sound of my own voice…
Understanding how & why takes me stumbling down a deep rabbit hole…
Can’t wrap my head around it. Not this moment in history… Not this moment in my life…
Not this m o m e n t
No apology. No justification. No lecture. No discussion. No education. No enlightenment…
Here’s the experience of autistic sensory overload.
#AutisticAF.me 