
Your Path to a Life You Love: Deepen Your Personal Sensory Awareness
Almost all autistics have a more intense sensory experience of the world than the majority of people. Understanding what that means for you gives you power.
Almost all autistics have a more intense sensory experience of the world than the majority of people. Understanding what that means for you gives you power.
Why is it that strategies to fix the obvious challenges often don’t work? It’s usually because they don’t get at what’s really going on beneath the surface.
Spectrum identification was absolutely, hands down, no holds barred, the best thing that has happened in my life.
Many schools and teachers try hard to foster in students a growth mindset—the resilience to keep trying—but are we unintentionally undermining our best efforts?
A few thoughts on what society tells us about success and successful people, and how the truth may be different when you are neurodivergent.
There’s a topic I’ve been avoiding. It’s not easy or comfortable to talk about, but I’m increasingly convinced that it is necessary. Will you join me in this difficult, and deeply rewarding, conversation?
I’ve had difficulty falling asleep almost my entire life. Turns out that is common for autistic individuals. Lots of sleep tips are great. Here’s one you might not have heard.
With more and more sensory specific products on the market, it can feel like you have to shell out money for sensory regulation. Don’t forget what you already have handy.
There’s a lot of controversy around labels. Some people love them, some hate them. I’m somewhere in the middle.
We are socialized not to complain, but sometimes that means not telling people what we need. I have been getting better at saying what I need, and finding out that people can help.
A recent trip to the dentist was both a harrowing experience and a moment of acceptance.
After trying a range of activities to see how each made your body feel, did you notice anything unexpected? Did some that you associate with relaxing not actually have that relaxing effect? Here’s why.
Meltdowns are no fun, but it is possible to avoid them. Here’s a framework for how.
Holding chopsticks in different ways can make us have different levels of control over them. That same concept can apply to other things in our lives.
Once you discover your autism, you may realize just how severed the connection to yourself is, but it is possible to get in touch with yourself; to learn to trust your instincts better.
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