Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
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 neurobiology.
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This is how I live most of my life now.
Aug 13, 2021
Today I put aside a few hours to revisit my plan for thriving autistically.
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Those drop-offs of the very things that support my wellbeing happen so subtly and quickly as time goes on that I donāt even notice.
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...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 check out some images
...Food, glorious food!
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.
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Food. Glorious food.
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