Tag: meltdown
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Surprise surprise!
I already post about how I don’t support the use of direct questions – you can find this post under Communication category. I don’t think I post about speaking directly to us when making a statement or request but that would be very short one: I don’t support that either. We repeat in our own…
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Sensory room
There is a very strong drive in the care industry to create ‘sensory rooms’ for residents with autism. Those rooms usually contain flashing lights – I personally hate them. Flashing lights can even cause me to have a (silent) meltdown. Mind you, my meltdowns are always silent and my main symptom is that my brain…
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Silent meltdown
A meltdown is apparently when an autistic person looses touch with reality, may scream, cry or even lay down under the table. Well, at least that’s what I was made to believe. I never behave this way. I feel like I’m screaming inside but I keep my cool. I was probably screaming as a child…
Autistic and me 