I want to clear something up today. Lots of people draw distinctions between speaking and non-speaking autistics, as if that matters. And the people who make these distinctions don’t seem to realize that it’s not as simple as “verbal” vs. “non-verbal”. Like so much of […]
It’s time once again for me to remind my American readers that fireworks can be a real problem for autistic people of all ages. Where I live, Independence Day fireworks start July 1 and go on through at least July 5, but across the country, […]
Every now and then, I run across a piece of film or other media that hits really close to home in depicting parts of my autistic experience. One of those is the episode “Mute” from season four of The Twilight Zone. You can find it […]
I’ve talked before about meltdowns – what they are and how to survive them – but I’ve seen several places in online groups where people ask what a meltdown feels like, how it happens, what it’s like to go through one. So today I’m going […]
Meltdown. Parents of autistic kids speak the word in hushed tones, afraid of invoking the beast. Autistic adults can feel them coming on, but often don’t know how to stop them or ride them out. We all hate the thought of a meltdown happening in […]
Today I want to talk about the sensory mess that is the holiday season. I love the Christmas season, I really do. In cold weather, under early darkness, and especially with some cold rain or sleet (we don’t usually get snow here in Louisiana), it […]
Autism is largely a difference in perception. As autistics, we perceive the world differently than NT’s do, because humans perceive the world through the sensory input we get. The autistic sensory experience is very different from that of NT’s. That is, we get a lot […]
