Many parents and partners worry about the autistic loved ones in their lives spending too much time playing games… but gaming can be beneficial for lots of reasons.
If you struggle with pathologically avoiding demands, even those you need to meet in order to survive and maintain your health, then these 15 life hacks might be helpful for you!
I cannot speak for fathers, but being a mother is hard work. It’s not like it is in the movies or the adverts on TV.
PDA, or pathological demand avoidance, is a trending topic in neurodiversity. This article explores what is known about it and the debates surrounding PDA.
When your natural autistic instincts lead you somewhere else than the majority’s instincts lead them, you learn to not trust anything– even yourself.
Women are often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and it has potentially-fatal consequences for autistic adults who are told that they have a cluster of mental illnesses instead of a neurological condition.
For those who don’t much about it, I’d like to explain to you sensory hypersensitivity, sensory overwhelm, and meltdowns from a first-person perspective. Our sensory
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