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Category: Myths and Misconceptions

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

Finding Acceptance in the Neurodivergent Community

April 29, 2021

For Autism “Awareness” Month, I’m bringing “awareness” to the best parts of being autistic! Autistic life can be hard, no doubt.  This world simply isn’t made for us so we struggle.  People don’t understand us, we face bullying, humiliation, rejection, lost jobs, lost friendships, and […]

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

The Beauty of a World Without Boxes

April 22, 2021

For Autism “Awareness” Month this year, I’m bringing “awareness” to some of the amazing parts of autistic life. Part of the glory of the autistic brain is the ability to see beyond the clearly delineated boundaries and margins of NT society.  We tend to question […]

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

Autistic Love

April 15, 2021

This year, for Autism “Awareness” Month, I’m bringing “awareness” to some of the wonderful parts of autistic life. There’s a nasty, pernicious stereotype that paints autistic people as unfeeling robots.  Some so-called “experts” still tell parents that their autistic children will never feel or show […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

Healthy Autistic Sex Lives

April 8, 2021

This year, for “Autism Awareness Month”, I’m raising awareness about some of the wonderful parts of autistic life! Alright, this post starts with a disclaimer: I do NOT speak for all autistic people.  Some autistics hate touch, and some eschew romantic relationships or have no […]

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

Autistic Joy

April 1, 2021

This year, for Autism “Awareness” Month, I’ll be bringing “awareness” to some of the great things about being autistic! We all know the struggles and hardships of being autistic.  It becomes a general theme every April, and in the world of advocacy, we talk about […]

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

Changelings

February 25, 2021

The story of the Changeling is a pretty universal myth. You’ll find it all over the world, similar tales in disparate cultures.  A Changeling is a child stolen – most often by fairies or elves, but in some cultures it’s trolls or other malevolent spirits […]

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Coping, Living in the NT World, Masking, Myths and Misconceptions

Passing By Masking

February 11, 2021

We talk about “masking” a lot in the Autistic community – the strenuous process of pretending to be neurotypical.  There’s a lot of discussion around whether masking is healthy or unhealthy, the toll it takes on our mental health, and whether it’s good, bad, or […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

On Being Semi-Verbal

January 7, 2021

I want to clear something up today.  Lots of people draw distinctions between speaking and non-speaking autistics, as if that matters.  And the people who make these distinctions don’t seem to realize that it’s not as simple as “verbal” vs. “non-verbal”.  Like so much of […]

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Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Myths and Misconceptions

Verbal Stims

December 3, 2020

Autistic people stim in lots of ways – we jump, rock, use weighted blankets, touch favorite textures, etc.  One of my favorite ways to stim is verbally.  I like playing with words, with the sounds of them and the feel of them in my mouth, […]

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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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