Reflections

Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.

I remember every single name, every single humiliation.

Aug 13, 2021

At fifteen years old, I left school midway through Year Nine and went into the workforce.

I vehemently expressed that I would not return to school and with that, my mother said if I was not returning, I needed to get...

Aug 13, 2021

Today I put aside a few hours to revisit my plan for thriving autistically.

Those drop-offs of the very things that support my wellbeing happen so subtly and quickly as time goes on that I don’t even notice.

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Jul 29, 2021

I'm up at 5am this morning.

I have an appointment in the city and it's at a new address I haven't been to before.

This means that I get up early, google the address over coffee to check out some images

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Jun 04, 2021

Trigger Warning: Mentions food, eating disorders and sensory aversions.

Please note the below is my personal experience and I am not a qualified medical professional or dietician.

Food. Glorious food.

Let’s talk ab...

May 06, 2021

So much of my anger, resentment and self-loathing as a young person came from the pressure I felt to mask.

Masking is both something I, as an autistic person partake in as a choice at times to get to where I wa

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Mar 11, 2021

If you've seen any of my instastories over at instagram.com/_kristyforbes; if you're in our inTune Access Support: Family Collective membership then you'll be quite accustomed to seeing me in my pyjamas with my hair al

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