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Public speaking for autistics
Tomorrow is the disability in the workplace event in the radio and I managed to prepare a short speech. I decided at the end it needs to be about my own experience, as I don’t even know people with other disabilities (I don’t really know people without disabilities either), and that then made it very…
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How far should I go with educating people?
I had an appointment with my job coach today and, as I was waiting at the bus stop to get to town, an elderly lady came over and she started talking to me so I removed my headphones as I thought maybe she needed some help. It turned out she didn’t need help, she thought…
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A few more words about unmasking
Yesterday I wrote that I always feel like I’m acting when I’m around other people and later on I realised that is not technically correct. I don’t ALWAYS feel like I’m acting, I only feel like I’m acting when I’m about to say something and I’m deciding what that should be. So I presume I…
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A few words about unmasking
I presume if you’re interested in neurodiversity (and I guess you are if you’re on my blog) you might have heard about unmasking movement. It has nothing to do with taking off the masks we were supposed to wear in pandemic. Masking is all the effort autistic people do to appear neurotypical, and I do…
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Should we be allowed to just be ourselves
I didn’t post yesterday, but this was only because I was giving my website a bit of a break from me, after those emotional 3 days. It’s Sunday today, almost 1pm (when I was writing the first draft of this post). John visited me but he’s already gone! I did notice that he talks differently…
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A few words about blocking people
https://autisticandme.com/2022/04/12/i-feel-like-im-the-same-like-other-people-something-really-changed/ No, this is not about blocking people on social media, although obviously some may really deserve it. The above is a link to my post from a few days ago when I realised that I stopped feeling different and started feeling like if I was in fact the same like other people. This doesn’t…
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Am I too much? (and what to do next)
Autistic females often get blamed for being ‘too much’. I understand this as being dramatic, emotional and overthinking. I do understand it can be difficult for the environment to deal with this and I also wonder what can we do to minimise negative impact of those behaviours on others. I believe this is all due…
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Is there a stigma associated with autism?
During the last couple of days I had a look at various autistic influencers on Instagram. I did see the world ‘ableism’ very often there and also quite a few statements about fighting the stigma. I did ask myself what I think about it. Is there a stigma associated with autism? I didn’t feel like…
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