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💙 Building Autism Acceptance: An Education-Based Approach 💙
How autism impacts our participation in…
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THE UNEXPECTED AUTISTIC LIFE
Why “Self-Help” Is Largely Unhelpful for Neurodivergent People
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Autism and 3 Sleep Disturbances, the Common and Uncommon Expressions (including one I just learned about today)
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Is My Lack of Memories Tied to Sensory Overwhelm?
I’m missing memories that should have been good…
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Inside the Life of a “High-Functioning” Autistic Woman
A peek at how social struggles touch every…
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A tale of two days
It was the best of days...it was the worst of days
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Autism is a Bad Passenger
Driving is a major struggle for me
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Autistic Masking: A Gift to Others
DSM 5 TR Autism Criterion D:
Symptoms cause clinically significant
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Intelligence, Communication, and Autism
Being a person is hard. I know I’m not saying anything new, and I think that I’ve…
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Dec 21, 2024
An Autistic Christmas Lament (following an earlier digression)
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