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Receiving Gifts - An Autistic Experience

Uncategorized Dec 07, 2022

A guest post by our inTune Pathways Team member, Deirdre

 

In the 3 years since we found out my youngest, and subsequently, my husband, myself and my eldest child are all autistic, I have had well-m...

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We can reframe our experience of parenting autistic children

Uncategorized Oct 16, 2022

Trigger warning: functioning labels, mention of suicidality, marriage separation
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I am a parent of four and a full time carer.

I know within the autistic community, there are those who oppose the te...

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Discovering me

Uncategorized Sep 26, 2022

A guest post by Alana Reeves

Most people don’t get to discover who they are at 40 years of age. It sounds like it could be an overwhelming experience, doesn’t it? To discover that you’re a completely...

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School trauma is real

Uncategorized Aug 26, 2022

I was so excited for my son to start big school. He loved kindergarten, although he was slow to
start in the mornings. We often dropped him off late, but the kinder teachers did not mind. He
found his g...

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The Facade of 'Hope".

Uncategorized Jul 21, 2022
Kristy Forbes
The Facade of 'Hope".
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TW: Suicidality, depression, anxiety, eating disorders
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Many families are encouraged to cling to the narrative that there is “hope” for their autistic child.

Normally it’s related to the succ...

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This is not about our children

Uncategorized Jun 20, 2022

I'm a person. I'm just like everyone else and I don't have all the answers for every situation for every family.

What I might implement in my home with my family might be detrimental to yours and rea...

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We're diagnosing autistic folks, then pretending they're not autistic.

Uncategorized Jun 04, 2022

I have families emailing me often, to share with me about how brilliant their autistic child is, including their adult autistic child. They share about how their child works, studies, is an artist or ...

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I activated their threat response

Uncategorized Jun 01, 2022

Yesterday, we had someone come to our home to carry out an appraisal on the house (valuing the home).

When I got out of bed, the house was absolutely trashed. Our home is pretty much always messy fir...

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When 'healing' from trauma is the new self imposed pressure

Uncategorized May 15, 2022

Sometimes I think we need to take stock of the ways in which we place undue pressure onto ourselves around who we are.


So many of us in the neurodivergent community are in the process of 'healing'. H...

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I rise between 4-6am.

Uncategorized Apr 25, 2022
 
 
Every morning, I rise from my slumber anywhere between 4-6 am.
 
I know this isn’t a commonly shared experience, my love for the dawn.
 
Growing up in a sole parent family, my pare
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