Tag: adults with autism
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Neurotypicals May Be A Necessary Evil. Or If Autistics Ruled the World! – Preamble
First my many disclaimers: I am responding to thoughts I have had regarding how hard it must be to be a neurotypical person and have most of your mind taken up with social, how can I put this politely, inconsequencies. And how the higher concentration of logic and ordered thinking available with the autistic brain…
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I Am Awake, Shut Up Mum
In order to wake Alex from a dissociative/mute/withdrawn episode I sometimes use songs that attract her attention and simultaneously offer a reward if she can repeat the song. Singing a funny song preferably with actions wakes her up. By the time she can sing the song properly she is ready to safely walk around. This…
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The Aftermath
So had a few meetings last week and I need to have a lot more but I thought I was okay then it hit. This is what I wrote yesterday as I was calming down in the afternoon. Gavin was leaving to take the girls to their Drama class; final instructions yelled at the two…
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Autism – Don’t worry they grow out of it!
You may have heard about autistic children that insist on wearing a piece of clothing even when it is inappropriate. Cat is 23 years old and after 2 hours of flapping, squealing, screaming and trying to convince me I was destroying her self esteem she agreed to leave the house not wearing her black woolly…