MY TOP 10 AUTISM ACCOMMODATION ITEMS [EN+DE]
My 10 most important autism accommodation items for use by myself to accommodate my own needs. Meaning these have nothing to do with other people which is good because often other people aren’t willing or able to accommodate my needs. The order is random. I love them all equally. Click the spoilers for some detail […]
FOOD – AUTISM AND EATING [EN+DE]
EATING AND FOOD – A FULL BODY SENSORY EXPERIENCE Eating is a full body sensory experience and being autistic it is even more so for me. Food doesn’t just fill my stomach and still my hunger. Smell, taste, feel, texture – eating stimulates all of my senses. This can be both really awesome and really […]
INDEPENDENCE VS. AUTONOMY [EN+DE]
INDEPENDENCE – AN IMPOSSIBLE GOAL Independence is the ability to live your life without being helped or influenced by other people. Pursuing independence is a goal agreed upon universally by our society. Parents set it as a goal for their children. Teachers set it as a goal for their students. Employers set it as a […]
AUTONOMY IN MY LIFE [EN+DE]
WHY I SWITCHED FROM UNACHIEVABLE INDEPENDENCE TO AUTONOMY Like most of us I was raised with independence set as my ultimate goal by everyone around me. I achieved independence in some areas. In others I didn’t. And no matter what and how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get there. Ultimately, striving for unachievable independence […]
10 THINGS PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN SHOULD KNOW [EN+DE]
NO. 1 – AUTISM IS NOT A DISEASE Autism is not a disease, disorder, epidemic, tragedy, or mental illness. It is not caused by vaccines or bad parenting. It is a neurological phenomenon with a variety of still unclear possible causes both genetic and environmental. Autism doesn’t make your child sick, wrong, or broken. There […]
AUTISTIC LONELINESS – SOCIAL ISOLATION [EN+DE]
HOW I BECAME LONELY When I was little being friends with someone meant having play dates and doing things together. Friendship and social interaction were so simple as a child. The rules were clear and they and everything else were discussed and negotiated openly, honestly. Then the rules of social interaction changed. As I grew […]
DEVELOPING BETTER AUTISM LANGUAGE [EN+DE]
DEVELOPING BETTER AUTISM LANGUAGE Language has power. It reflects our attitude towards the things we speak about. It shapes our perception of reality and in turn commonly used language shapes our actual reality. Most language commonly used in the autism community is highly pathologized. It paints autism as a disorder. Everything is “a deficit”, “inappropriate”, […]
THE AUTISTIC DILEMMA – FUNCTIONING [EN+DE]
TOO AUTISTIC OR NOT AUTISTIC ENOUGH FALSELY LABELING FUNCTIONING I am going to introduce you to a concept I have been thinking about a lot recently related to functioning labels. I call it “The Autistic Dilemma” and it describes following: OTHER PEOPLE DECLARE AUTISTIC PEOPLE EITHER TOO AUTISTIC OR NOT AUTISTIC ENOUGH AND EITHER WAY […]
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