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Tag: School Issues

A gold plaque of three connected drama masks: comedy, terror, and tragedy.
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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A class of middle or high schoolers shot from the back, facing the teacher.
Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Autism and the Spiky Profile

January 14, 2021

One of the hallmarks of autism is asynchronous development – also known as the Spiky Profile or “islands of skill”.  All this means is that some of our skills are very well-developed and others are much lower, so that a graph of our test scores […]

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A young man in dark jeans, black and white plaid shirt, and a black backpack is seen from the back, walking alone.
Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Speaking as a Former Gifted Kid

October 8, 2020

Recently, I ran across some kerfuffle in the Twitterverse surrounding the idea of “former gifted kid” trauma.  You may have seen these posts from time to time, equating growing up with the “gifted” label with serious mental health issues in adulthood.  Someone replied to these […]

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Advocacy, Living in the NT World

School Struggles: Dysgraphia

September 24, 2020

One of my biggest challenges in school was my handwriting.  *Checks barely legible notes*  It still is.  I got flat F’s all through elementary school and once they stopped grading that, I got points marked off for “neatness” on any handwritten work I turned in.  […]

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Black and white picture of two young girls facing each other both working on laptops.
Autistic Adulthood

Back to School in a Strange Year

September 10, 2020

School is starting again, but nothing is normal this school year.  Parents are facing choices between virtual classes, part-time school, or full homeschooling.  Kids are looking at limited socialization, only being allowed to interact with a few of their classmates, if any.  Everything is weird, […]

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School Struggles Dyscalculia
Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World, Myths and Misconceptions

School Struggles: Dyscalculia

December 19, 2019

One of the common stereotypes of autistic people is the idea of the human calculator.  I blame Rain Man for a lot of this, but characters like Sheldon Cooper haven’t helped.  The truth is, we’re not all incredible at math.  In fact, some of us […]

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Back to School for Autistic Kids
Living in the NT World

Back To School for Autistic Kids

August 1, 2019

It’s that time again, folks – a new school year is upon us!  For Ravenclaw/Hermione Granger types like myself, the back-to-school season is almost like an early Christmas (I LOVE school supplies)!  Some autistic kids love going back to school, while others hate it – just […]

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Summer activities for autistic kids
Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Summer Activities for Autistic Kids

May 6, 2019

Autistic kids and teenagers benefit from structure, so a fully unstructured summer is less than ideal.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that autistic kids should have every day of their summer completely planned out!  Please, please allow them some time to just be kids and […]

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I Was 2E Before It Was Cool – And It Sucked

October 28, 2018

I grew up in a time before “twice exceptional” was a thing.  That term only came into the educational lexicon around 1997, which was too late for me, given that I graduated high school in 1999.  When I was young, nobody understood that a gifted […]

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