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Nearly a Month

April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ Leave a comment

I'm still untangling some things, working through some others. My words come and go. April is always a bit rough for awareness reasons. But this April I'm figuring things out, untangling my life. I'm reading so many great books that I need to write reviews for very soon! My interests, family, and friends are constant … Continue reading Nearly a Month

Thank You for Everything

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 4 Comments

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who kept me on this plane of existence over the last few months. You ALL are priceless to me ❤ Some of you don't even know I exist (Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa, whose podcast Gaslit Nation helped me initially realize that I had been gaslit all … Continue reading Thank You for Everything

Autistic Parenting in Public

March 2, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 3 Comments

I wrote a parenting twitter thread today. The issue of public parenting came up and I have some issues with how our society views small children in public as well as generally, so I tweeted about how I handled the issue of parenting publicly with small (mostly Autistic) children, as an Autistic parent myself. The … Continue reading Autistic Parenting in Public

Liars are Illusions or How Gaslighting Leads to Meltdowns

February 23, 2019February 22, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 1 Comment

All week I've been mulling over how lying (either to or about me) is one of the fastest ways for someone else to bring me to a state of meltdown. I considered why that might be the case and then came across a perceptive tweet regarding another liar, the father in the #PuppetGate play, which … Continue reading Liars are Illusions or How Gaslighting Leads to Meltdowns

Misdirection and Abuse

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 2 Comments

Misdirection is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Magicians use it to aid in their illusions and the results can be spectacular! Misdirection can also be used by abusive people who want or need to distract others from what they're up to. If you haven't yet, please check out my previous post about … Continue reading Misdirection and Abuse

Reckoning with Last Year’s Abuse

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 9 Comments

I'm going to write about something that feels shameful, but I'm not going to let the feeling of shame stop me from speaking out. Because I know I'm not the only Autistic person this has been done to. This isn't even the first time I've had it done to me, which adds to the feeling … Continue reading Reckoning with Last Year’s Abuse

Broken But Building Back

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 2 Comments

My words are starting to return a little bit. It's been months. Goodness only knows how long it'll take for them to be back to any kind of "normal" (for me) level. I think I wrote the quoted bit below about being wordless around a week ago. ____________________________ It's funny how wonky time goes. Buried, … Continue reading Broken But Building Back

Ending 2018

December 29, 2018December 26, 2018 ~ Mamautistic ~ 4 Comments

I search for words, they elude me. Mockingly they sit just beyond my reach. The faster I seek, the faster they disappear. Blink. Blank.   But I know who I am. I know what I value. I know what I believe.   Harm is harm, no matter the intentions. Full consent requires honesty. On all … Continue reading Ending 2018

That Fleeing Feeling

November 26, 2018January 24, 2019 ~ Mamautistic ~ 1 Comment

I started thinking about writing this post soon after my child had almost died in the hospital and I was routinely having meltdowns like clockwork every single week. By about two weeks after my child nearly died my weekly meltdowns had morphed into twice-weekly meltdowns -- Tuesdays and Thursdays, every single one. I was in … Continue reading That Fleeing Feeling

Relating to Torey Hayden’s Books

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 ~ Mamautistic ~ Leave a comment

I was introduced to Torey Hayden's books in college by my Freshman year Foundations of Education professor. Her book, One Child, was required reading at some point or another during that year. The class was a year-long class and at the time I was a music education (double) major. I loved that education class, aside from … Continue reading Relating to Torey Hayden’s Books

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