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Happy One Decade to Me!

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 ~ Mamautistic ~ Leave a comment

Ten years ago (in January) my then-boss and still-friend told me that I should look into the possibility of being Autistic. Ten years ago (in March or so) my then-boss/still-friend sent me a link to take the Aspie Quiz and I scored quite high on the being Autistic side of things. And now it has … Continue reading Happy One Decade to Me!

Doing the Scary Things

August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 ~ Mamautistic ~ 1 Comment

Right now I'm in the process of doing three of the scariest things I've ever done in my life. They're not things I can write directly about lest my anonymity be somewhat more compromised than I'm comfortable with, but it really hit me today how far outside my comfort zone I've gotten with just my … Continue reading Doing the Scary Things

Communication is Hard

May 31, 2018June 2, 2018 ~ Mamautistic ~ 3 Comments

In going through my saved links recently for a different post, I came across this post from Cynthia Kim --Echolalia and Scripting: Straddling the Border of Functional Language. I've read it before, of course, that's why it's in my saved links; but today this quote from it felt really familiar. It describes a recent experience … Continue reading Communication is Hard

Talking to Strangers

February 28, 2018 ~ Mamautistic ~ 8 Comments

It's almost always easier for me to talk to strangers than to people I know well unless the person I know well is also Autistic. It's an act of self-care for me to socialize (or not) in ways that are comfortable to me whenever possible. Talking to strangers instead of people I know well can … Continue reading Talking to Strangers

Autistic Body Language and Emotion

December 28, 2017 ~ Mamautistic ~ 13 Comments

I've written some about this topic before, regarding the joy I feel when I see other Autistic people moving in Autistic ways, but today I want to write about how my own movement affects and reflects my emotions. I get a little sweary at the very end when talking about getting rid of the allistic … Continue reading Autistic Body Language and Emotion

Flashback Friday – Planning Everything

June 30, 2017 ~ Mamautistic ~ 6 Comments

[image description: blue sky and cloud background. Text reads: "I picture myself running and my distress pursuing close behind. I will run at top speed if I'm around any other people, but eventually I get tired and the distress keeps getting bigger with longer legs until it can easily reach me. I try to ensure … Continue reading Flashback Friday – Planning Everything

Communication Discouragement

June 20, 2017 ~ Mamautistic ~ Leave a comment

I've felt a bit discouraged today. My rough two weeks are finished, but they were followed by another week, which had some difficult surprises of its own. That week began with a pretty startling (to me) miscommunication. I had tried my very best to craft a clear, concise, informational letter only to receive in return … Continue reading Communication Discouragement

Burned Bridges

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 ~ Mamautistic ~ 2 Comments

For most of my life, my experiences were confusing and inexplicable. I could not explain, even to myself, most of what happened to me, others' reactions, or my own reactions to what was happening. In a post earlier this year I wrote: In the past I’ve run away from these events. I’d never return to … Continue reading Burned Bridges

Uniqueness and Late-Diagnosis

May 16, 2017 ~ Mamautistic ~ 6 Comments

I've heard it said by allistics (non-Autistics) that people who are late-diagnosed Autistic just "want to be unique" or "think we're special." This is sometimes even theorized as the reason we go in to be evaluated as adults. Let's ignore the fact that many of us struggled, floundered, and failed for many years before gaining … Continue reading Uniqueness and Late-Diagnosis

Feelings, Emotions, and Uncertainty

April 26, 2017January 3, 2023 ~ Mamautistic ~ 12 Comments

At any given time, I cannot tell how I'm feeling emotionally. Sometimes physical sensations can be understood and named in the moment, but actual emotions are slippery and defy categorization. Even once I've managed to grab hold and examine the emotion sometime in the future, it remains largely a mystery to me. "How are you?" … Continue reading Feelings, Emotions, and Uncertainty

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Autistically Unschooling

Autistic Adventures in Unschooling!

PEACE I GIVE

A Peaceful Parenting Blog

Verity Reynolds

humans are weird

Semiotic Spectrumite

yarn and pencil

a creative life on the spectrum

Autism and The Human With Limbic Noodle

Ballastexistenz

Laina's Collection

Sharing Aspergian/Autistic Writing and Perspective

The Participatory Autism Research Collective

A community for people who want to promote autistic involvement in autism research

Finally Knowing Me: An Autistic Life

Counting the Ways

How am I autistic? Let me count the ways

AutieFortyAndFAB

Eclectic Autistic

Days in the life of an adult on the spectrum

lauren smith-donohoe

tired mom person trying to write a book in a house with a baby, toddler, teen, and a menagerie

that Bloody Cat

Love and chaos deep in the Midwest

Little Bit of Hyggeland

Some Fancy Secret Project Name, or thoughts in a new country... again

The Bullshit Fairy

Neurodivergent Rebel

Rebelling against a culture that values assimilation over individuality.

A Little Off the Mark

the day to day life of an autistic woman

mum2aspergirl goes back to school

Charting the experiences of autistic girls in and out of mainstream education

Faith and Food

The personal reflections and practical discoveries of a diagnosed autistic celiac

Neurodivergent Nicole

Autistic Ultra

The long haul of the spectrum

In So Many Words

Everyday Autistic

Life through the eyes of an autistic

the silent wave

life through one female Asperger's lens

The Misadventures of Mama Pineapple

Social awkwardness, flights of fancy, uncontrollable urges to dance...the life and times of one adult-diagnosed autistic woman.

Yes, That Too

I'm an Autistic mama blogging about memories and life.

awnnetwork.org/

Ollibean

I'm an Autistic mama blogging about memories and life.

The other side

Blogging on autism and art.

crippledscholar

Autistic Academic

Musings of an Aspie

one woman's thoughts about life on the spectrum

Autism and Expectations

De-Mystifying Autism

Seventh Voice

Simply my take on living life as a female with Asperger's Syndrome.

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I'm an Autistic mama blogging about memories and life.

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