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Tag: Executive Function Problems

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Autistic Adulthood, Executive Function Issues, Living in the NT World

Adulting for Autistics: Filing Your Taxes

January 21, 2021

Today’s Adulting For Autistics topic is one of the most overwhelming and scary parts of adult life: filing your taxes! Taxes are overwhelming and confusing for pretty much everyone, NT or otherwise.  Many people pay lots of money to have someone else handle their taxes, […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Executive Function Rules Emotional Regulation

September 3, 2020

When I was diagnosed with autism four years ago, my psychologist told me that my tentative bipolar diagnosis from when I was 19 was probably wrong – she said that I probably had “mood lability associated with autism”.  I had no idea what this meant, […]

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A dark haired woman in a purple tshirt sits looking at her laptop looking overwhelmed. Behind and around her are drawings of family and social interactions, social media, and other things she is thinking about
Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

Don’t Call Me “High-Functioning”

August 6, 2020

I don’t use functioning labels.  They only serve to withhold support from those designated “high-functioning” and limit the possibilities available to those deemed “low-functioning”.  They’re crap, so I don’t use them here.  I prefer using support needs if the distinction is necessary: low support needs […]

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Don't Let New Year's Resolutions Become Obsessions
Autistic Adulthood, Life Hacks

Don’t Let New Year’s Resolutions Become Obsessions

January 2, 2020

Happy New Year, everybody!  I hope you all had the New Year’s celebration you wanted, whether that was at home on the couch or out with friends.  About this time every year, people go nuts over making changes in their lives via New Year’s Resolutions.  […]

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My Brain is a Stick Shift Transitions and Autism
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

My Brain Is a Stick Shift: Transitions and Autism

December 12, 2019

One of the common stereotypes of autistic people is that we don’t cope well with change.  We require routine, we’re incapable of spontaneity, we always need to know everything that’s going to happen and nothing must deviate from our plans lest it cause a meltdown […]

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Self-care in the summer Go Outside
Autistic Adulthood, Coping

Self-Care in the Summer: Go Outside!

June 27, 2019

It can be really tempting to stay inside all summer long.  Here in Louisiana, it’s already oppressively hot and muggy, which makes the siren song of the air conditioner hard to resist.  Then there are all kinds of festivals going on, the pools are crowded (and I can’t […]

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Structure Sets You Up for Success
Autistic Adulthood, Life Hacks

Adulting for Autistics: Set Yourself Up for Success with Structure

June 13, 2019

Living independently as an autistic adult can be a real challenge, largely due to our executive function problems.  Between keeping your home clean, keeping yourself and your family fed, maintaining your own hygiene and laundry, and going to work regularly, it seems like there are […]

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Preparing for your weaknesses makes adulting so much easier!
Autistic Adulthood

Don’t Beat Yourself Up, Just Prepare for Your Weaknesses

May 27, 2019

Adulting is hard.  Yes, I’m in my late 30s and I said that.  There’s so much to keep track of!  If you live alone, you have to do it all yourself.  If you have a family, people depend on you.  For autistic adults or others with executive […]

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Autism, executive function, and housework can lead to a chaotic mess
Autistic Adulthood, Coping

Autism, Executive Function, and Housework

April 25, 2019

Lots of people on the autism spectrum have executive function problems.  When I was diagnosed, I was very surprised to find an extra diagnosis of severe ADHD, which my doctor explained as executive function issues that are a frequent part of autism.  She told me […]

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When Will Then Be Now? Time Management Struggles

October 19, 2018

I have exactly two times that I can understand: now or not now.  This creates all kinds of problems with being a functioning adult.  Anything that is “not now” might as well be never.  It goes away and I just forget about it.  Whether it’s […]

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