This is part 2 in a series about sensory sensitivities and atypical sensory processing. Read the other parts: Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 —— 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. … Continue reading The Difference Between a Sensory Sensitivity and Disliking Something
This is part 4 in a series about executive function. After wrapping up the discussion of regulatory functions with some thoughts about Cognitive Flexibility, it talks a bit about some models of EF and how the various pieces fit together. Looking for the other parts? Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 —- Cognitive Flexibility Cognitive flexibility … Continue reading Executive Function Primer (Part 4)
In my last post, I talked about my recent language difficulties and mentioned autistic regression. Sometimes called autistic burnout, autistic regression is a loss of skills or coping mechanisms. Regression can refer to a specific set of skills or abilities: progressively losing the ability to speak deteriorating executive function reduced memory capacity loss of self-care … Continue reading Autistic Regression and Fluid Adaptation
When my daughter Jess was a toddler, we had a set of board books about the Disney Babies, which were the “baby” versions of Mickey, Minnie and Donald. Jess loved these books. For months, every night we had to read her the Disney Baby books at bedtime. The opening line of one of the books … Continue reading Echolalia: That’s What She Said
This was originally posted at a group blog that I’m part of: We Are Like Your Child. It primarily addresses parents of young autistics, but I’m reposting here because I thought other autistic adults might have helpful tips to add or their own wishlist of things they’d known about puberty. One request: if you talk … Continue reading Beyond The Talk: What Else Autistic Girls Need to Know About Puberty
Doing What I Want Experiment: Week 2 Realizations from week 2: 24/7 self-improvement doesn’t work, or at least it doesn’t work for me. I’ve given myself permission to fall back on old habits occasionally if I’m feeling too vulnerable or uncertain. More on this in a future post because it feels important. Convenience should not … Continue reading Monday Morning Musings (8/12)
E-book Released I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults went live yesterday at Amazon.com. If you have a Prime membership and a Kindle, you can borrow it for free. Thank you to everyone who helped me refine the cover art last week and cheered me on. … Continue reading Monday Morning Musings (6/10)
I told myself I’d get back to blogging the Monday after I moved into my new apartment. I figured a week to recover from moving, ten days to get over the jet lag and fatigue from my trip–that sounded like more than enough recovery time. Six days past my imagined deadline, I’m finally opening up … Continue reading Resuming
Four years ago, The Scientist and I adopted a dog. This is Emma, a few days after we brought her home: Emma was a rescue. She spent nearly 3 months in the shelter system. The week we adopted her, she was featured in the shelter’s weekly newspaper ad that highlights the hard cases. We didn’t … Continue reading Kindred Souls
Over and over again I’ve read that people on the spectrum struggle with perspective taking. I’ve even written that my own perspective taking skills suck. I’m about to take that back. This morning I was reading an article about teaching Autistic children. It emphasized that teachers are more effective if they take the perspective of … Continue reading A Little Perspective on Perspective Taking
Musings of an Aspie 