Hi, all! As an autistic person who loves peer-support and education, I try to draw on my own experience to spread learning and knowledge. I'm not a medical or psychology expert, so please take this info with a grain of salt, but hopefully it can help you and others!
If you have any requests, feel free to ask or to DM them over to me!
A short series talking about how the human nervous system works to both stress and calm us, and how we can help others come down from tough situations.
This series will dive into different sensory issues that autistic people may experience. Every autistic person is a unique autistic person though; these are only from my perspective: Your milage will vary!
This series opens with some personal stories about the process of receiving an autism diagnosis, and then dives into the diagnostic process itself.
In this series of long-form posts, we'll dive into various co-occurring conditions of autism. Some of these are formal diagnoses, others are conditions or tendencies.
I am not a medical or psychology expert: I do my best to cite my sources, but my sources might be wrong, I might interpret them incorrectly, or new information may emerge after writing.
The topics marked with the 🚧 symbol indicate a higher-than-normal level of sensitive content is present. I do my absolute best to keep topics positive and talk about positive outcomes and community support, however, any topic below could be upsetting for people.
If you are sensitive to Health Anxiety ( 👈 Information linked about responding to HA) then this series may not be for you. I do try to make mention in the titles here what it will be discussing, that way you know before you click. Much of this will likely be interesting or helpful, while others might be triggering. Please take this into consideration if this may be a problem for you.
Although I can't guarantee my time to write about topics, please feel free to post or DM me with requests of content you would like to see written about, and I'll see what we can accomplish.
A series of posts straight from my anxious brain! Those thoughts of doubting my diagnosis even though the evidence is clear.
Questions of self-doubt followed by all the weird behaviours in contrast to them.
Times I tried to justify my odd tendencies with a reason that only makes sense to autistic people.
Getting accommodation at work (or even anywhere else!) can be tricky. This series delves into possibilities for accommodation and can be used by employees and employers alike to improve the autistic experience (and honestly, probably the neurotypical one as well!). This series is a casual, top-of-the-head one, and reflects my experience and opinion. In places, others may have weighed in or asked me to share their ideas as well!
Various one-off posts and topics that don't fit into series!