Sound sensitivity is a fairly common problem for people with autism. Until relatively recently I had no idea that my experience was not everyone else’s experience.
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Autism awareness month.. did you know…?
So, I’m kicking off a few autism related posts this April (which is autism awareness month) with a few basic facts about autism that you may (or may not) know.
Continue reading “Autism awareness month.. did you know…?”Autistic masking & burnout
What is autistic burnout? Its complete exhaustion that affects basic executive functioning, usually caused by the massive effort it takes masking our autism all the time to cope with the world and appear ‘normal’ on the outside.
Continue reading “Autistic masking & burnout”Autism, do you REALLY get it?
This post was prompted by a post on social media regards being a parent with autism. It was a simple problem, with a simple solution (if you look at the world through an ASD lens like I do) but the backlash was quite incredible.
Continue reading “Autism, do you REALLY get it?”Autism, anxiety and dealing with anger.
This is one of the trickiest emotions for people with ASD to deal with. We are, as you probably know, very black and white in our view of the world. This applies to emotions too.
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