Like many autistic people, I HATE going to the dentist. Also like many autistic people, I have really bad teeth. I won’t speculate on which came first – my baby teeth were pretty bad to start and I had some issues learning to brush my […]
I feel like, by now, autistic sensory issues are pretty well known. If you are autistic, you’re intimately familiar with GoodFeel/BadFeel, food textures, etc. If you’re a parent of an autistic kid, you know certain sounds, smells, and textures are great and others Must Not […]
When I got my Covid jabs recently (please, everyone, get your vaccine as soon as it’s available and your health allows it), I had some pretty unpleasant side effects, like a lot of people. They weren’t especially bad, but they did make me realize that […]
It’s the most common piece of parenting advice, passed around new mom circles and down through generations as a way of dealing with picky eaters: “They’ll eat when they’re hungry”. And it probably works well enough with neurotypical kids. If refusing to eat what’s in […]
The first five senses you learn about as a child are sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. These senses tell you about the world around you. A few weeks ago, I covered the proprioceptive and vestibular senses, which tell you about what your body is […]
