
I might be Autistic: Exploring and accepting my autism
Mo has had a lifetime of experiences that are unique and familiar to autistic people, and now she is committed to healing, accepting her true self, and finding her community.
Mo has had a lifetime of experiences that are unique and familiar to autistic people, and now she is committed to healing, accepting her true self, and finding her community.
If you have an autistic partner, parent, child, or grandparent, you eventually start noticing autistic traits in others… and yourself. It is a genetic neurotype, after all.
When all of her self-regulation routines failed to be enough to help her process the grief and anxiety of the covid pandemic, one woman found synesthetic release through movement.
Alexithymia is difficulty recognizing and identifying emotions. How one person used autistic strengths like attention to detail to improve emotional awareness.
From a neurodivergent occupational therapist (OT), this article is great for parents who are noticing that they have much in common with their autistic or otherwise neurodivergent child.
This April, autistics are claiming the narrative for Autism Acceptance Month. On April 1, we’re doing something different. Acts of kindness instead of pranks. #AutisticGold #RedInstead
Have you felt your whole life that you were different from the people around you? Are you diagnosed with ADHD or mental illness, but feel those diagnoses left unanswered questions? Do you think you have more in common with your autistic child than with most people? You might be a #NeuroLurker.
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