What does your day look like? As anyone who has autism will know, structure and routine are of paramount importance. Slight changes, alterations or stressers that disrupt a perfectly calibrated day can end up causing extreme anxiety and low mood. I’ve always been someone who has needed the harbour of a set daily routine to… Continue reading A Day in the Life of Autism
It’s a strange subject to cover this early in the blog, because I’ve only just been diagnosed. That doesn’t mean I’ve been immune to comments that people made whilst the assessment process was going on. At the moment this blog is relatively private and anon, my family know about my diagnosis, but that’s it. Here… Continue reading What NOT to say to someone with Autism
This is the dictionary definition of the word “no”. You’ll see it is relatively succinct and, that all in all, it is negative. Saying “no” means that you can’t do something or that you are unable to, you don’t want to, you cannot, NO NO NO. It is one of the simplest, shortest words… Continue reading Just Say “No”
25th February 2016 is a date I will never forget. In the afternoon, at precisely 2.42pm I was diagnosed with high functioning autism. I was already really good at remembering dates and times. Now I have a legitimate medical reason for being able to do so. Using the word “journey” is likely to make me… Continue reading Road to Nowhere
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