Tag: autism
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Neurodivergent – Not just a buzz word
Well, it is for many and it’s so annoying. This can happen to anything. Dress things up by saying neurodivergent. Not autistic. You are neurodivergent. Let me be clear the people who created and started using ND before 2010 or 2015 aren’t to “blame.” Even I wouldn’t have guessed that this would happen. But I…
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Can’t Ride a Bicycle
They are living in poverty and in jobs that they are constantly on the edge of losing due to coworker conflict and social blindness. Their nerves are frayed, but they can’t afford time off to recover from burnout. The demands of daily life and caring for families, combined with a grueling work schedule, lead them…
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It’s Not You…It’s Them
From Autistic Adults are Not Okay by Victoria Lin Tanner When getting any kind of assessment for mental health – while being autistic. …That you failed to demonstrate the full range of your struggles over a short window of observation, or that the anxiety building up to this moment temporarily blocked you from expressing what…
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Day in the life – Still Autistic
Ugh. But I’m here. My response to people who don’t know what’s it’s like to be autistic and try to exist in this world. I was feeling sick most of the day, so I decided to go to an online telehealth urgent care center. I wanted to know if there was an OTC med that…
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You Don’t Want This
Where do I start? It depends on the day. We have enough people who are willing to talk about kids eating lunch, dogs getting adopted and other common things. There’s not enough being done in every state or country of the world, but enough people CARE. People don’t care about disabled people (especially when it’s…
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To play Internet Games
No. I’ve never practiced religion, but I have read about it. I was really curious when I was younger. I didn’t understand how people could pick and choose what to believe in whatever their holy book was. And how could people have faith? Blah, blah. I’m over that now. I studied everything but Islam. I…
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