I’m so excited to bring you today’s post! My absolutely amazing dentist, Dr. N, has answered some of the most common questions and problems I’ve heard from autistic and ND folks and it’s quite enlightening. I hope this helps you with any issues you have […]
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 […]
