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Can anyone point to a good resource on how to be a better parent to an autistic adult?

I really feel like I'm swimming in circles and I'm not always sure I'm being the advocate and support that she needs me to be.

Any help from other parents of autistic adults is welcome. If you're not autistic or the parent of someone who is, please don't comment.

Thank you, and please boost for reach.

#autism

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今天体会到了一种感觉、感官全部打开的体验。体会到了食物的口感到底是什么样的，体会到了过去的某些片断我的的感受，体会到了我和这个世界现在正发生接触，而不是冷淡的，麻木的。

#adhd #autism

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SO IT'S #Autism Awareness Month?

since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.

welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder:

1. BLACK
2. INDIGENOUS
3. PUERTO RICAN
4. CARIBBEAN
5. LATINOAMERICANES
6. WOMEN

can be #autistic too.

and in my case: #dyslexic with a sprinkling of good ol' extra spicy #ADHD.

but ironically, 🧵

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The third in my series about #autism where I try to move from my personal perspective all the way to a general social understanding of autism, #ablism and the ways forward in an #anarchist framework. https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/03/30/autism-and-anarchy-real-autistic-community-is-a-class-community/

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Just spotted this. In a neurotypical world which hasn't been created with sound-sensitive neurodivergent people in mind, this statement is an act of revolution.
The uprising has begun...
...Inaudibly.
✊
@actuallyautistic

#autism #ASD #misophonia

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I wrote this today, and figure my fellow neural ‘atypicals’ out there might be able to relate. I only noticed in retrospect it might pass as poor man’s poetry…

Today (It Is Always Today)

Today I heard that voice in my head ask (yet again): is it too late? Can you pull this life of yours out of the fire?

1/2

#adhd #neuroatypical #aspergers #autism #messagetoafriend

Chat grab reading: ‘The only train wreck is to keep denying whatever in you needs to be free—so long as you understand it does not matter at all where ir how that happens‘

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Talk of mental health/suicide

Time to share all the stitchy stuff here...again.

This pattern is called Death by Cross Stitch, it is by Long Dog Samplers. Stitched on white 16ct aida fabric, using approx 370 metres of black DMC thread, 6 needles used. Final stitched area is - 55cm wide and 69cm high.
It took me 2 years to complete this, with lots of breaks.

This was a labour of love, a challenge and a reward to myself. Part of my #MentalHealth journey.

A few years ago, I was in a really bad place, had made an attempt to take my own life. Then I fought for help, was told I didn't meet criteria for mental health support from the NHS. I managed to get counselling through the local carers centre which did help. After an argument with my GP, who screamed at me "What do you want me to do?", and my response of "your job, refer me to psychology", I got an appointment with a trainee psychologist for CBT. Now anyone who is autistic knows that CBT is an absolute load of shite - or it is for me anyway, my brain is suddenly going to be fixed with 6 sessions telling me to change how I think. Anyways, I told that trainee that as a reward for keeping myself alive, I was going to start "Death by Cross Stitch"....I think at that point, she realised that my sense of humour is a bit warped.

Counselling helped more than CBT. Cross stitch is what keeps me alive more than anything. I've been accused of being obsessed with stitching...and yes, I am, because it calms me and stops me disappearing on a downward spiral. Its a form of mindfulness for me, nothing else exists when I stitch and my brain calms down - which is really handy when ADHD is yelling at me to move, but my broken body is begging for me to sit down.

Studies have been done that show how beneficial crafting can be for mental health, and I fully agree with them. Death by Cross Stitch kept me living, and signing my death certificate (the final page in the pattern bundle) was a happy moment.

So yeah, thats the story behind why I tortured myself with Death by Cross Stitch. Pandemic will be my next Long Dog Sampler...once I start another dozen projects that is.

I'll keep stitching to keep myself alive.

#CrossStitch #MentalHealth #Autism #ADHD #Disabled