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March 6, 2014
Combat This
The Combating Autism Act (CAA) is up for re-authorization in the US Congress and ASAN is asking autistic people and their families to let Congress know that the CAA needs to be reformed. If you can want to know more, you can read ASAN’s message. There is a Twitter campaign taking place today and a […]
March 4, 2014
Taking the Cognitive Style Test
Take a Test Tuesday is back! It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since the last Take a Test Tuesday post. In that interim some new tests have popped up online that look interesting so I thought it would be fun to bring back the Tuesday posts for a few weeks. So […]
February 25, 2014
I Am Not Temple Grandin
Recently, while writing something, I was struck by the idea that there is no Rain Woman, no archetypal autistic woman in pop culture. Later, I realized that while we don’t have a fictional archetype, there is a woman who many people associate with being autistic. If you’re a woman on the spectrum, within moments of […]
February 20, 2014
Autistic Motherhood: Supports That Make a Difference
My local library has a big collection of autism books and I’m slowly working my way through them. I just finished reading one about how parents can help their autistic teen transition into adulthood. It was a fairly thick book, packed with information on friendship, dating, high school, college, work and living independently. Curiously, the […]
February 18, 2014
Sensory Diet
This is the final part in a series about sensory sensitivities and atypical sensory processing. Read the other parts:Part 1| Part 2| Part 3 When we think of diet or dieting, we usually think of restricting our intake in some way. But a sensory diet isn’t about restriction, it’s about fulfilling sensory needs and improving […]
February 11, 2014
Love Not Fear
There’s a flash blog this Friday. I’m posting my contribution early to signal boost a bit – entries are due by Thursday at 12:00 PM, so if you’re going to join in the fun, you should get cracking! Click on the image for more details. Love not fear. I’m finding this prompt hard to write […]
February 6, 2014
The One Where I Talk About Why Talking is Hard
Today, I’m interrupting the sensory processing series to do something a little different. Okay, a lot different. I had originally planned to make a video blog about sensory diet to run today. What happened instead was a video about why talking is hard. About 45 minutes into a very frustrating attempt at speaking on video, […]
February 4, 2014
Sensory Sensitivities: Understanding Triggers
This is part 3 in a series about sensory sensitivities and atypical sensory processing. Read the other parts: Part 1 | Part 2 ——- While atypical sensory filtering is related to sensory sensitivities, not all unfiltered sensory data will trigger sensitivities. Remember the sounds I described hearing as I’m typing this? I’m not especially sensitive […]
January 30, 2014
The Difference Between a Sensory Sensitivity and Disliking Something
I don’t like pistachios. I have a sensory sensitivity to bright lights in a dark room. What’s the difference between the two? I can eat pistachios if I have to. I won’t enjoy it, but if I happened to be served something that had some pistachios on or in it, I could eat it without […]
January 28, 2014
Sensory Sensitivities and Atypical Sensory Processing
This is the first in a series of posts about autistic sensory processing and sensory sensitivities. —– I once had a t-shirt that I really wanted to like. It was a souvenir from a trip to Hawaii. The color, the material, the fit, the design–all perfect. It would have been my favorite new shirt, except […]
