THE 3 STAGE MODEL OF MELTDOWNS
What do autistic meltdowns look like, feel like, and what can help before, during, and after?
STRUGGLING WITH RECEIVING PRAISE
An analysis of why some people struggle with receiving praise and what can help them.
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS – PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
My personal experience working in a sheltered workshop as an autistic person.
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS – WORK EXAMPLES
Real, first hand work examples from my work at a sheltered workshop with pictures.
SELECTIVE MUTISM- THE FREEZING FEAR THAT STEALS VOICES
05.10.2018
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ACCOMMODATIONS, ANXIETY, AUTISM, CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, SELECTIVE MUTISM, SPEECH, TERMINOLOGY
Selective Mutism, a severe anxiety disorder, often gets misunderstood, misinterpreted, misdiagnosed, and the term misused. Here is what Selective Mutism is, isn’t, what it’s like, and what can help.
MURDERING DISABLED PEOPLE IS UNACCEPTABLE
About the horribly common murder of disabled people by their parents and guardians. Why the murderers often receive sympathy, why that shouldn’t be the case, and a very long list of young lives brutally ended by the people who should have protected them the most.
“AUTISTIC” AS AN INSULT – STOP!
Why people need to stop using “autistic” as in insult. About the real life consequences misuse of language has for autistic people and what we can do better.
ECHOLALIA AND OTHER ECHO PHENOMENA – BY NO MEANS MEANINGLESS
20.07.2015
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AUTISM, CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, ECHOLALIA, SENSORY PROCESSING, SPEECH, STIMMING
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.