
Failed relationships & neurodivergence
Sep 11, 2021
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Ahh, the wonderful weekend. I hope you're having a brilliant one so far.
This week, for something different, the team and I decided we'd share a conversation with community from my Facebook page this past week.
We touched on the challenging and raw topic of failed relationships and...
It flows through my bloodlines
Aug 25, 2021
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We are FIXATED on behaviour as a society. We hastily attach meaning and intention to it, and project our own biased (mis)understandings onto it, based on all that lies within US.
For many of us, what ‘lies within’ is the unseen, the unheard and the unknown.
The ...
I'd rather stab my eye than do this... (spoiler: it's group work)
Aug 13, 2021
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I still cringe inside when remembering the moments I heard “Okay everyone, find a partner”, or “So we’re going to get into groups of three”...
No.
Nah, not doin’ it.
I would rather stab myself in the eyeball with a rusty fork than engage in...
I’ll never ‘overcome’ my PDA neurobiology.
Aug 13, 2021
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I’m 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 don’t overcome it.
I’ll never ‘overcome’ my neurobiology.
It is central to my being and doing.
This is Me.
Aug 13, 2021
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I no longer paint my nails.
I don't adorn myself with jewellery.
I take my time responding to messages and I seldom answer my phone. I have a message bank.
I say no to social invitations when I mean no.
I cut all of my long, dark hair off after years of...
My Dreaming Life
Aug 13, 2021
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*Trigger warning: Trauma nightmares, self-harm, police, psychiatric ward*
My dreaming life.
As I age, it becomes more intense; a beckoning for me to process what feels like insurmountable, unfathomable pain, buried away.
There are many parts to my story...
I remember every single name, every single humiliation.
Aug 13, 2021
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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 a job.
I worked in the local bakery, something I was so proud of....
This is how I live most of my life now.
Aug 13, 2021
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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.
I told myself (mentally noted) how much I miss my early morning...
Labels, labels, labels.
Aug 13, 2021
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Trigger Warning: swearing, harsh words.
I hear families often speak about their fear in "labelling" their children autistic, ADHD, among other neurodivergences because they worry their child will be judged, defined, misunderstood, overlooked, *insert very valid fears here*.
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My university days went like this.
Aug 12, 2021
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I'm not an autistic researcher.
I am not a psychologist.
I take my hat off to my neurokin who are.
I am forever grateful to those who are engaged in research and academia, creating significant and important social change and opportunities for the autistic community and...
She is so much more.
Aug 05, 2021
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I often touch on how important it is to move beyond the generic support framework for our autistic children in the classroom. This includes a timer, dot points on the board and visuals.
Whilst these are really great supports for many of our children, I often see them used without...
My PDA neurobiology.
Jul 29, 2021
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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 of the building and its surroundings, places to park and how long it takes...