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Why ‘being more autistic’ is not an answer
I made this quick diagram for you to ilustrate what I mean. It’s much easier this way than doing loads of writing, is it? So basically, there is this trend in autistic community that tells us to ‘be more ourselves/be more autistic’ as this should help us feel better. But the problem with that is…
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Balanced communication
The radio programme by autistic people was meant to be prepared soon and as you are aware I was looking forward to it but at the same time deciding what to say was giving me loads of distress. Writing was always coming much more easily for me than speaking, even in Polish so that is…
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How to say no when you’re on the spectrum
As we probably all know, autistics people have difficulties with being taken seriously. This is apparently because non autistic people pay more attention to body language and tone of voice than to actual words and our body language and tone of voice usually don’t express our emotions, so other people just assume that it’s ok…
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Autistic is my new identity, I suppose
So I went to my surgery to ask how I can alter my medical file, thank god it wasn’t very busy. Both receptionists were very sweet. They listened to my explanation and added to my medical record that I don’t want to identify as autistic. And then one of them said that she has an…
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News of the year
It will actually be a year in a few days since I got sacked. Now, guess what? That company found my CV on Indeed and they now want me back. This is too much to process at the moment, with all my diagnosis drama. I may need to go to the ice cream place later…
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I don’t want to be autistic anymore
I asked my psychiatric nurse to add to my file that I don’t want to identify as autistic any more. Initially I wanted to ask her to get my diagnosis removed, but then I thought that would look like if I didn’t have it at all, and that would not be reflection of the truth,…
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My own little bubble
I was wondering recently about the issue of personal hygiene. Autistics may not be very good at that, although it was really confusing for me because I actually like taking showers. As long at the water is the right temperature and the right pressure showers can be real sensory heaven. Yet, I have on and…
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I decided to recover
As I mentioned probably yesterday, the fact that my psychiatrist prescribed only 7 olanzapine tablets, instead of usual 10, made me think that I must be recovering. Quite precisely, I achieved 30 percent recovery. Going further with that thought, I need to have 0 tablets to achieve 100 percent recovery. Which is what I currently…
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What is a home worth?
1. I went on Zoopla yesterday just to see house prices, in case I wanted to move at some point. I mean, this is if I convince John to move to Swindon and if I don’t, I’m staying where I am. On their website I saw that line of text: we know what a home…
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Carnations
1. I started wondering recently, does art has to be pretty? Some abstract art looks quite messy to me and I don’t particularly like that. I was so pleased with a couple of images I managed to create around a week ago, but since then my brain wants to create things that are more harsh…
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