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S is for Stop Saying Savant Syndrome and Splinter Skills | Unstrange Mind
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Laquo; R is for Relationships. T is for Toe-walking, Trauma, and Truth-telling. S is for Stop Saying Savant Syndrome and Splinter Skills. Posted June 10, 2015 by unstrangemind in Uncategorized. This is an entry for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I didn’t quite make it in April. I moved in May. I’m finishing the alphabet in June. The ABCs of Autism Acceptance series has been picked up by Autonomous Press. And will be published in book form, with additional material, in June 2016! Was tested after 44 ...
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V is for Vulnerable to Violence and Victimization | Unstrange Mind
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Laquo; Help a Disabled Writer Be Happier and More Productive. V is for Vulnerable to Violence and Victimization. Posted August 13, 2015 by unstrangemind in Uncategorized. This is an entry for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I didn’t quite make it in April. I moved in May. I’m finishing the alphabet in June and July. The ABCs of Autism Acceptance series has been picked up by Autonomous Press. And will be published in book form, with additional material, in June 2016. Watch for it! No You Don’t. But I ...
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Deeper Levels of Stigma | Unstrange Mind
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Laquo; Levels of Stigma. Deeper Levels of Stigma. Posted August 14, 2014 by unstrangemind in Uncategorized. Since you’re on the internet, you’ve already heard the latest news — Robin Williams’ wife announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. He hadn’t wanted to announce it publically yet. He had not returned to drug or alcohol use. He was deeply depressed because of the Parkinson’s diagnosis. But now that we know that Robin Williams had Parkinson’s, what is the first thing I see? 8220;...
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T is for Toe-walking, Trauma, and Truth-telling | Unstrange Mind
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Laquo; S is for Stop Saying Savant Syndrome and Splinter Skills. Autistic Pride Day 2015 – Letter to Myself as a Child. T is for Toe-walking, Trauma, and Truth-telling. Posted June 12, 2015 by unstrangemind in Uncategorized. This is an entry for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I didn’t quite make it in April. I moved in May. I’m finishing the alphabet in June. The ABCs of Autism Acceptance series has been picked up by Autonomous Press. T is for Toe-walking, Trauma, and Truth-telling. I don’t ha...
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Supporting Autistics – A Little Off the Mark
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A Little Off the Mark. The day to day life of an autistic woman. I realised I can probably come across quite pessimistic on many issues relating to autistic people. I haven’t been around the autistic ‘scene’ long enough to say I am fed up with how we are ignored and marginalised by those claiming to help us but, nevertheless, I am angry about it. NB I am based in the UK so my comments reflect my experiences in this country.]. 1 Individual post-diagnostic counselling/psychotherapy. As someone who was diag...
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Autistic Pride Day 2015 – Letter to Myself as a Child | Unstrange Mind
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Laquo; T is for Toe-walking, Trauma, and Truth-telling. U is for Unity. Autistic Pride Day 2015 – Letter to Myself as a Child. Posted June 18, 2015 by unstrangemind in Uncategorized. I have tried to write in ways I would have understood at different ages. If I could only give one message to myself at any age, it would be this, “stop taking the blame for the bad things other people do to you.” I was so hard on myself. Why? Because others were hard on me. How ridiculous is that? You are such a good girl!
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The trials of being nice. – A Little Off the Mark
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A Little Off the Mark. The day to day life of an autistic woman. The trials of being nice. One thought I have been trying desperately to quash of late is the gnawing doubt as to whether I actually fit in even amongst my fellow autistics. I have read all the blogs by other autistic people as to how they found the online autistic community and suddenly felt a sense of belonging: like they had come home. It hasn’t been like that for me. Yes, the community is awesome! I have tried to not rock the boat. But I...
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Cave Trolls – A Little Off the Mark
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A Little Off the Mark. The day to day life of an autistic woman. In case you missed it, this week I posted (what I thought were) some fairly innocuous tweets about my struggles at work. These seemed to attract (in my opinion) a fairly unreasonable amount of attention from haters. A long battle ensued. Here are my reflections following the event…. It had been a long day, punctuated by being asked. 8217; It is ‘do we really need (foundations here, this beam, a post there, blah blah)? I’ll admit: this...
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Long-term Burnout – A Little Off the Mark
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A Little Off the Mark. The day to day life of an autistic woman. This weekend has been yet another lost weekend. Lost to meltdown and recovery. I can’t really remember what started it this time. Something about talking through my relationship with my husband that triggered utter meltdown. The thing is, it doesn’t take much to set me over the edge at the moment. Any vague sensory overload, or one minute past my social limit and I’m running flat out through shutdown to meltdown. And I could not have called...
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Musings on functioning labels (AKA a day in the life) – Part 1 – A Little Off the Mark
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A Little Off the Mark. The day to day life of an autistic woman. Musings on functioning labels (AKA a day in the life) – Part 1. When I started writing this post just after the offending day I didn’t expect to have *quite* so much to say! Last week was pretty awful, culminating in a hellish Friday. I want to share about that day in particular because I am tired of being ignored for being ‘high-functioning’. Now I was just going to say I got ready and went into the office, but I don’t think that rea...
