Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
Let's Talk About Autistic Levels
We are Responsible for our Reactions, not our Children
The Profound Impact of Language
Why is parent advocacy so important?
You Have the Right to Follow your Exploration of Neurodivergent Identity
Overcoming my need for control when parenting with PDA
Iām often asked how, as a PDAer, I am able to overcome my need for control in parenting my own children with a PDA profile of autism.
I donāt overcome it.
Iāll never āovercomeā my neurobiology.
It is central to my bei...
I am a Privileged Autistic Person
I want to preface by saying I am afraid of making mistakes, afraid of my ignorance, but also well aware of my privilege in being able to say so. This writing is a reflection of my desperation to be an adequate ally and n...
Why do many autistic children lay on the ground or sleep on the floor?
(Disclaimer: I have made the choice to allow my advocacy to naturally transition into tapping into my true neurodivergent experience which extends beyond the limited language of verbal communication. I do this out of a s...
The Practice of Letting Things Go
You know what drove me to a raging meltdown as a kid, more than anything else?
My perfectionist brain.
If my socks didn't sit right, even when they weren't uncomfortable.
If the picture on the wall was leaning a smidg...
I Am Different
I am different.
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I feel it from a multidimensional perspective.
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It is more than a neurotype, it is a way of 'being' in this world.
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Yet, the words 'being' and 'world' are not enough.
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There is no language to express my "aut...