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Tag: Sensory Overload

A balding man with a cross of black tape over his mouth, looking helpless
Autistic Adulthood, Myths and Misconceptions

On Being Semi-Verbal

January 7, 2021

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 […]

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Pink, blue, and purple fireworks with light smoke in a night sky
Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Autism and Fireworks

July 2, 2020

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, […]

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Black and white photo of a young woman covering the right side of her face with her hand
Advocacy, Living in the NT World

Suggested Viewing: The Twilight Zone – “Mute”

June 25, 2020

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 […]

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Breakdown of a Meltdown
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Myths and Misconceptions

Breakdown of a Meltdown

April 30, 2020

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 […]

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The Dreaded Meltdown
Autistic Adulthood, Coping, Myths and Misconceptions

The Dreaded Meltdown

December 5, 2019

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 […]

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Surviving the Sensory Onslaught of the Holidays
Autistic Adulthood, Coping

Surviving the Sensory Onslaught of the Holidays

November 27, 2019

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 […]

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All or Nothing The Autistic Sensory Experience
Coping

All or Nothing: the Autistic Sensory Experience

October 24, 2019

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 […]

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