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Category: Sensory Struggles

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Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World, Sensory Struggles

Autistic at the Dentist Part 2: Q & A with Dr. N!

August 19, 2021

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 […]

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A male dentist in a white shirt pointing at an xray above a dark-haired woman in the patient chair.
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Sensory Struggles

Autistic at the Dentist – Part 1

June 24, 2021

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 […]

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A child's hands, covered in paint, holding a rag that's also soaked with various colors of paint on a paint-stained table
Living in the NT World, Sensory Struggles

Sensory Issues Aren’t Always What They Seem

June 10, 2021

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 […]

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An old Kermit the Frog puppet in bed under a yellow patterned quilt with a box of kleenex, holding one tissue to his face
Autistic Adulthood, Sensory Struggles

Being Autistic and Ill

May 13, 2021

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 […]

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A blond haired child in a pink striped shirt sitting in front of a bowl of cereal, seen from above.
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Sensory Struggles

They’ll Eat When They’re Hungry (No, We Won’t!)

March 25, 2021

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 […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Sensory Struggles

Interoception: Self-Awareness Struggles

November 5, 2020

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 […]

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