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• Protecting Yourself from Fake Friends and Social Media

  

  In my last post I talked about the dangers of social media. Today I want to talk briefly about a recent event and how it needed to be dealt with. Names are... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Social Media and Autism

  

  Following some recent issues with an adult-aged autistic, I wanted to talk a little about social media and autism.Social media can be a great thing for... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Masking is an Essential Skill That You Should Aim to Use Less Often.

  

  Masking in terms of autism and Asperger's syndrome is a way of hiding your true self from others as a means of fitting in and avoiding harm. It can best be... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2023 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Why Pushing Your Autistic Kids out of Home May Be Good for Them

  

  Catchy title aside, I'm not about to suggest that you need to kick all your autistic kids out of home. I want to cover one specific recent instance for us and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autistic Burnout and Fatigue - Part 2 of 2

  

  Last time I talked about some of the reasons that autistic burnout occurs. I covered five of the more common ones. In this post, I want to look at how you can... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autistic Burnout and Fatigue - Part 1 of 2

  

  Chronic Mental fatigue is a very serious condition that is quite common in individuals with autism. It's so common that it has its own name in autism circles:... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Spoon Theory and How It Relates to Autism

  

  I was part-way through writing my next blog post and I thought, I need to link this to "Spoon Theory". I was pretty sure that I'd covered it here before, so I... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Eight Qualities of Great Mothers of Autistic Kids

  

  Mother's day has just passed and I was thinking about how great my own mother is and about how many amazing mothers, particularly of kids on the spectrum, that... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autism and Computer Addiction

  

  Computer addiction is not an exclusively Asperger's or Autism condition. Not all autistics develop it and not all people with computer addiction issues have... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Recognizing Autism in Women & Girls

  

  I've always found it strange that autism seems to be mainly a "boy thing". Statistically, autism is recognised four times as often in boys as it is in girls... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Elon Musk and Asperger's Syndrome

  

  I've just finished reading the 2016 biography of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. It's a great read and I'd highly recommend it but this post is not a book review -... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Single Parenting and Kids on the Spectrum - Part 3

  

  Parenting kids on the spectrum comes with a unique set of challenges and being a single parent puts its own spin on this. In my previous two posts, I looked at... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Single Parenting and Kids on the Spectrum - Part 2

  

  Last week, I had some tips for single-parenting very young autistic children. This time I want to give you some tips for single parents of school aged children. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Single Parenting and Kids on the Spectrum - Part 1

  

  I get a lot of correspondence from single parents with autistic children. In the vast majority of the cases, it's single mothers with boys, though sometimes it'... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Welcome to 2022

  

  It's 2022 and after something of a hiatus, I'm back. I figure it's time for an update on who I am and where my family is at. I'm on the autism spectrum and am i... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2022 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do We Become More Autistic as We Get Older?

  

  It seems an odd question but it's one that crops up with alarming regularity on autism forums with older members. It's also a loaded question because the litera... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2021 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Kate Goldfield - In Memoriam

  

  I've been taking a break from blogging for a while because it seemed to me that the world had bigger problems than autism and Asperger's syndrome. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2021 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• When Kids on the Spectrum Trash the House

  

  A couple of days ago, I was reading a thread about a mother who came home to find that her son had completely trashed the house - again. It reminded me of thing... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2020 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: What Your Child on the Spectrum Really Needs by Jenna Gensic

  

  What your Child on the Spectrum Really Needs: Advice from 12 Autistic Adults.For Autistic People Everywhere. May Your Voices Be Heardby Jenna GensicThis is a... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2020 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Lockdown and School -Some Kids Struggle to Self-Manage

  

  With Lockdown still in effect in lots of places, I wanted to share some of the experiences I had with my son and his inability to self-manage when it came to... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2020 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY