Religious Trauma and A Tale of Two “Isms”
neurodivergentgrrrl
September 9, 2021
Amanda Madru talks about the intersection of religion and autism and how being autistic made her susceptible to religious trauma.
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Neuroception 101: How the mindbody scans and adapts for safety and danger
Donna "Ara" Munier
August 5, 2021
…system will go into a Sympathetic state. This is the mindbody perceiving a threat and responding through that cascade of stress hormones. In this state, our human brain shuts down…
Swallowed Whole: Inside an Autistic PTSD Flashback
asiatucoach
July 15, 2021
Asiatu Lawoyin, at age 42, experienced their first PTSD flashback from childhood sexual abuse. Asiatu unpacks the space between the trauma and the flashback through the lens of being Black and autistic.
Review: Sensory Trauma: autism, sensory difference and the daily experience of fear
hyperactivehypatia
May 6, 2021
This qualitative exploration helps us understand how a community of parents and professionals all claiming to be focused on the wellbeing of autistics have come to be at such a divide from autistic advocates themselves, delicately unfolding one of the core phenomenological aspects of the autistic experience that has been hidden in plain sight for so many years.
Living with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
April
March 20, 2021
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is common in neurodivergent people and people with complex trauma. This article explains what it’s like.
Weird Pride Day: Changing the narrative
David Gray-Hammond
March 4, 2021
David Gray-Hammond explores the hatred and violence he has faced for being weird, and writes of his hope to change the narrative on this Weird Pride Day.
EQ Skills as an Imperative to Formal Curriculum?
Jo Bloggs
November 29, 2020
I am a passionate advocate of EQ as an essential part of early years formal education. I know for sure that some of my issues would never have taken root so deeply had an education system been in place which valued the growth of the individual.
Masking and Mental Health Implications
Jacquelyn Fede & Amy Laurent
October 5, 2020
Autistic Masking is not a simple social fake. Prolonged masking has serious mental health implications for autistics; level up your knowledge so can learn to embrace your autistic loved one as their authentic self.
Realizing I’m Autistic Helped Me Uncover PTSD Because I Masked Both Conditions
iamthemike
September 27, 2020
I realized after being diagnosed with PTSD that I had been masking those symptoms the same way I had masked being autistic.
Recovering Addicts Don’t Deserve Lifelong Stigma
David Gray-Hammond
September 22, 2020
People see addicts in recovery as “a different sort of addict” to those who have not found recovery. This is invalidating and untrue.
