Category: Understanding Autism
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Accessing the Autistic Skill set 4. Reviews and Reflection Part 1
Performance reviews and any review can be stressful for anyone, most of us would agree, even when confidence levels are good and are essential to companies. For many autistic people they can be really stressful based on life experiences. These could include criticism for autistic traits, including behaviours, expressing yourself and other interactions including outbursts…
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The Sense of Touch and Autistic Perception — Speaking of Autism…
Breaking down the sense of touch and how it may be perceived differently by autistic people. The Sense of Touch and Autistic Perception — Speaking of Autism…
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The Twenty-Six Senses — Speaking of Autism…
Humans have way more than five senses! Learn about the others and some ways they may impact autistic people with different sensory systems. The Twenty-Six Senses — Speaking of Autism…
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Accessing the Autistic Skill Set 3. Ripening and Growing Part 1
I hope I have now provided guidelines into how to get to respect and understand the autistic person, and their immense skill set. I will now tell you how to understand them better and build on this and help ripen and grow them. This requires teamwork and patience. When doing this and anything else when…
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Autism executive function — OldLady With Autism
Getting things done Disorganized, lazy, procrastinator, negligent, sloppy, messy, always late, late bills, late for appointments, late for work, cluttered, dirty, overwhelmed! This is the life of many autistic adults. Although we love details, many of us need help with every day life due to struggles with executive function. Executive function is the part of […]…
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Autistic? Or Just “Quirky”? — More Good Days – Parenting Blog
As a parent educator and as a parent of autistic kids, I’ve had conversations with people about “how autistic is he”, “is she high functioning autistic” and “how do you know if your kid is autistic, or just ‘quirky’.” This post covers how to think about the autism SPECTRUM, and about questions of whether and…
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Autistic Pride Day
Autism is not a disease that can be cured. It is not something to be ashamed of. It is something to celebrate. As Dr Tony Attwood said it is a difference not a defect. We see the world differently and think differently due to how our brains work. People with autism have contributed so much…
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Mental health – Routine adjusting — Cynni’s Blog
As you long time readers already know, I am on the spectrum. Or, more bluntly said, I am autistic. I am what they often call “high functioning”, which basically means I have a higher level of self-sustainability. I struggle mostly with social things, and with taking things too litteral. But when I have a decent […]…
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Autism, Bagpuss and consistency
I have just picked up my car from the garage, having passed her MOT. So what does this have to do with autism? She is an old car, 29 years old. In the words of Bagpuss, a bit tatty at the seams. And not keen on hills. Other cars are not keen on her when…
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