Category: AUTISM

AUTISM ACCOMMODATIONS – WEEKLY WALL PLANNER

08.10.2018 1 comment Article ACCOMMODATIONS, EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION

I just finished a rather big project and thought I would share it with you. I use a large handmade weekly wall planner to help with my Executive Dysfunction caused by my autism as well as my memory issues. Maybe it can give someone else an idea for helping themselves or someone they know. WHAT […]

ECHOLALIA – COMFORT IN REPETITION

20.07.2015 3 comments Article AUTISM, ECHOLALIA

Repeating words or phrases is an autistic trait most people are familiar with. But what is echolalia really? What’s its purpose? What does it feel like? Let’s take an unpathologized inside look at it. […]

“YOU DON’T LOOK AUTISTIC!” – AUTISM AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

10.06.2015 0 comments Article DEUTSCHE POSTS, AUTISM

Many autistic people get told that they “Don’t look autistic.” at some point in their life. Here is my take on why that sentence is never helpful and also always factually wrong. A new perspective on how everything about the way I look actually distinctively IS autistic – once you know what you’re seeing! […]

MASKING AND PASSING – WHAT IT IS, WHY IT’S BAD

09.06.2015 4 comments Article DEUTSCHE POSTS, AUTISM, PASSING

WHAT MASKING IS AND WHY IT EXISTS Masking means suppressing everything about yourself that is visibly autistic to appear non-autistic. Appearing to be non-autistic is what we call “passing” – it’s short for “passing as non-autistic”. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I prefer to use the term “Camouflaging” instead of masking. “Masking” implies putting a mask […]

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