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Category: Life Hacks

A collection of plates of various foods, including sliced fruits and vegetables, olives, salad, cheese, and meat.
Autistic Adulthood, Life Hacks, Living in the NT World

Insights into Food Aversions with Matthew Broberg-Moffitt

May 6, 2021

One of the most common questions I get from parents who read this blog is how to deal with their children’s picky eating or limited palate and I always say that I wish I had good answers for that.  Well, lo and behold, I found […]

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Red neon sign spelling out "No Music No Life"
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Life Hacks

10 of My Favorite Stimmy Songs

November 26, 2020

It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, so for the holiday, I’m giving you a quick list of ten of my favorite stimmy songs.  Now, most of my life revolves around music – I’m a dancer, my mind can’t be allowed to run around unsupervised – […]

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A bookshelf stuffed with books as well as a television screen and a plant.
Autistic Adulthood, Life Hacks, Myths and Misconceptions

Speaking in Quotes is Real Communication

November 19, 2020

I speak in movie quotes, tv references, and lines out of books and plays.  Honestly, it’s one of my biggest obstacles to clear communication because the lines I reference can be kind of obscure, but when I find people who get it, I know we’ll […]

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A table laid with foods including bread, berries, grapes, salad, jam, and more.
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Life Hacks

Not Just Picky Eaters – Autism, Samefoods, and Bland Foods

November 12, 2020

As we get into the holiday season, I want to talk about autistic eating habits.  Many of us, especially as children, get written off as “picky eaters” (George Carlin’s “Fussy Eater” routine comes to mind), but there are reasons for the way we eat and […]

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Two little blonde girls playing on a merry-go-round on a playground
Coping, Life Hacks

Hidden Senses: The Proprioceptive and Vestibular Systems

October 15, 2020

When I was in school, we were taught the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste.  Hopefully, the curriculum has been updated because there are actually eight senses.  The other three are interoception, proprioception, and the vestibular sense.  While the traditional five senses tell […]

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Blue plastic shower head spraying water
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Life Hacks

Hygiene Hacks for Autistic Teens and Young Adults

August 20, 2020

One of the questions I’m asked most often by parents of autistic teenagers and young adults is how to get their kids to maintain proper hygiene.  It’s not that autistic people are dirtier than others, but teens and young adults may refuse some aspects of […]

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Drama Classes: Lessons in Being Human
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Life Hacks, Living in the NT World

Drama Classes: Lessons in Being Human

May 21, 2020

I’ve wanted to write this post for a while and I’ve put it off because I really wanted to do this topic justice.  So I’m doing it now and hopefully I’m doing it well.  Growing up autistic, especially not knowing it, was really hard.  Navigating […]

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Code-Switching Scripting and Masking
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Life Hacks, Living in the NT World

Code-Switching, Scripting, and Masking

April 23, 2020

As you know if you’ve been keeping up with my work stress lately, in all the upheaval of COVID-19 I have been moved from my usual no-contact-with-people information synthesis duties and instead put on phones. PHONES. Luckily, I’m not answering them – a decade in […]

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I am Proud to be autistic 2020
Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Executive Function Issues, Life Hacks, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

I Am PROUD To Be Autistic

April 2, 2020

Today is Autistic and Neurodivergent Coming Out Day.  So I’m going to give you my story.  I am autistic.  I have always been autistic.  I did not become autistic when I got my diagnosis at 35, nor did I spend my adult life to that […]

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Adulting for Autistics Feeding Yourself on a Budget
Autistic Adulthood, Life Hacks

Adulting for Autistics: Feeding Yourself on a Budget

March 19, 2020

With all the talk of quarantine and self-isolation and all that surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized that a lot of people may not be experienced in feeding themselves for an extended period without breaking the bank.  So today I’m going to talk about some […]

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