Occupational Therapy
My occupational therapists are my favorites. Lot of them genuinely understood me like no other therapist. I love them a lot and still have fond memories of our time together.…
Emotional Dysregulation
I sometimes struggle with emotional dysregulation. It is mostly a result of an unfortunate past and still a relatively uncertain future colliding together as mountains of thoughts. While I am…
Vocal stim
One of the challenges I have is with making loud noises with my mouth, that almost feels like braying. It is mostly my way of clearing my lungs, and likely…
Motor loops
Many autistics you may have seen will seem to have had their own pet perseverations. Some like to listen to certain songs over and over again, others like touching certain…
Ocular
Our eyes are interesting. No one probably likes light like we do and yet we feel it is problematic many times. For instance, it is incredibly difficult for us to…
Reading
My love for reading started long before I got my autism diagnosis and got lumped in with my tribe that is not believed to be capable of doing anything, leave…
Ignorance of loved ones
This is a hard topic as my life will not be what it is without these people. Their love and support means everything to me. And there are opportunities that…
Listening
Listening does not have a look is an oft-repeated phrase in our tribe. If I had a dime for every time someone asked “do you understand what I am saying?”,…
