Tag: communication
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I had a dream that my mum simulated her own death (should I be talking meds ‘for autism’?)
I was in Poland and mum was with me. She was able to walk and speak normally. I don’t know how I found her but at some point I started wondering how come she’s alive and where she actually lives if I cancelled her care home payments. Then neighbours then started giving me various hints […]
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Are we allowed to speak the truth about how certain autism support techniques make us feel?
I may make a longer post about the radio disability event tomorrow as I am rather shocked about something else now and feel like I want to discuss that instead, however the event went well and it turned out that not practicing my speech was a good choice. What I wanted to talk about now […]
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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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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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Ok, I’m calming down (and don’t have PTSD)
My blog is a good record of an autistic mind going through a period of transition, I believe. Although maybe not everyone shares that view as the number of visitors to my blog shrinked recently, however that could be because of Easter and weather getting warmer? But then, reduced number of views could have been […]
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I’m quitting
Well, I’m probably just being dramatic again, but then, I don’t know how else, for goodness sake, I am supposed to communicate with myself? And if I can’t communicate with myself, then how can I trust that I can communicate with other people? Yesterday I saw that post on Instagram by a fellow autistic Isabelladoautism […]
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I’m suffering from writing block
I did notice recently that I get more and more confident with my posting – I can even write a blog post during a meltdown (which is a great exercise btw), but writing scripts for the radio feels like a totally different thing, I’m still in the uptight mode there! I wonder whether I will […]
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My big radio day
Obviously I am probably exaggerating – the fact that I will be on a live radio programme is a big deal for me, but it probably shouldn’t take that much of my attention. The pressure to say all the right things may not be huge but it’s certainly there. I had my breakfast and will […]
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What is the time difference between Israel and the UK?
Around two weeks ago I came across a post by an Israeli therapist who wanted to speak with autistic people who were diagnosed at least a few years ago. I volunteered and we agreed for a zoom interview for today. She asked if 10am will be ok for me and I said yes, but what […]
Autistic and me 