Tag: disability
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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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Politics – Pauline Hanson
My husband insists I blog about this. He has a whole speech about why its valid & important and will get it off my chest. But he’s not fooling me; we disagree and he’s sick of listening. So you have to put up with this. Okay! Most people probably don’t know we in Australia have…
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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In order to wake Alex from a dissociative/mute/withdrawn episode I sometimes use songs that attract her attention and simultaneously offer a reward if she can repeat the song.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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I Told You I Was Fine
Ha Ha Ha, everybody else was wrong! Meaning, of course, I was right, how could you doubt it! The Mastitis is all gone. My ruthless, relentless draining of the infection worked. I have learned over many years of infections, sinusitis & abscesses. Cutting or in the case of teeth pliering out the problem & then…
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Under Seige
So I survived until Monday, and basically I was better. I was feeling a touch unwell on Saturday if you want the gross details see Natasha is No Juliet. I was going to mention the incident to the doctor when I next saw him in a couple of weeks for a blood test thing. So…
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An Interesting Day
Last Friday I received a call from NDIA (Nefarious Dementors In Australia or National Disability Insurance Agency I can never recall which one); could I do Alex’s review by phone and when would be convenient. This is a rough week; Anime Club started back (yahhhh for Cat), Monday I had to make lots of appointments…
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Biting the Hand That Feeds Us!
I have written a letter I plan to send to some local politicians. To understand it Centrelink is our Social Security benefits agency, and NDIA is a new system for funding disabled people. Autism is impossible to explain. Just a note I have met one person that defrauded Social Security; he was probably a Sociopath,…
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The cognitive dissonance of “person-first” references to #autistic people
I have just read this & realised there is no better way of expressing this important message.
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Autism, Neurodiversity, Do We Need A New Language?
Autism Spectrum Disorder is the name applied to individuals who have a particular neurological difference and myriad related symptoms. At the core neurodiversity; having a wide variety of different ways of thinking, is good for the entire world. Every person born with or without Autism has the potential to enrich his or her community. Alternate…
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In the Spirit of Spreading the Message
First to all my caring followers I am absolutely fine, and so is the rest of the family. But I think its important to disseminate information about autism including subjective experiences. One day a really smart person will collect all these little tidbits and who knows what will & won’t be useful in the final…