Reflections
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I'd rather stab my eye than do this... (spoiler: it's group work)
Aug 13, 2021
I still cringe inside when remembering the moments I heard āOkay everyone, find a partnerā, or āSo weāre going to get into groups of threeā...
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No.
Nah, not doinā it.
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I would rat
...Iāll never āovercomeā my PDA neurobiology.
Aug 13, 2021
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.
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I donāt overcome it.
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Iāll never āovercomeā my ne
...My Dreaming Life
Aug 13, 2021
*Trigger warning: Trauma nightmares, self-harm, police, psychiatric ward*
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My dreaming life.
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As I age, it becomes more intense; a beckoning for me to process what feels like ins
...She is so much more.
Aug 05, 2021
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.
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Whil
...My PDA neurobiology.
Jul 29, 2021
I'm up at 5am this morning.
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I have an appointment in the city and it's at a new address I haven't been to before.
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This means that I get up early, google the address over coffee to ch
...School Trauma: Tuning into the language of behaviour.
Jul 08, 2021
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For many of us, when we withdraw our children from school after prolonged challenges within that system, we expect that our children will begin to do better at home.
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This isn't always
...Appearances can be (so very) deceiving.
Jul 01, 2021
I'm a PDA autistic (Pathological demand avoidance).
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This means that my social connectedness; my ability to engage with others naturally and to make eye contact gives the impression that I po
...How I show up in friendships.
Jun 24, 2021
Hi! 
I'm Kristy, and I'm TERRIBLE at being a friend in the neuronormative sense.
I'm Kristy, and I'm TERRIBLE at being a friend in the neuronormative sense.Ā
I take months to respond to messages in my inbox, if ever.
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Sometimes I say things that come across as
...Sensory overload and a social hangover.
Jun 10, 2021
Sitting here reminiscing about the good ole masking in social situations; days of extreme and intense anxiety for weeks, months leading up to events with other people.
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The day would finally
...I'm not looking at you.
Apr 22, 2021
I canāt tell you how concerning it is that we have such an incredibly uninformed requirement for autistic people to make eye contact.
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When we understand autism as an identity and culture, we
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