Why are autistic people always portrayed badly in the news? It’s a label which always is attached to negativity. Recently in the UK a man called Jonty Bravery took it upon himself to actually THROW a child off a building. It’s beyond reason why someone would do such a terrible thing. The child was onContinue reading “Why the bad press?”
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Through the looking glass
This is a piece about emotion, particularly the difficulty I have carrying the emotion and processing it within myself. It’s a common misconception that people with autism don’t have emotions because we may not be able to express them the same as neurotypicals do. As an adult with a more sensory based ASD and aContinue reading “Through the looking glass”
Tufty the Caterpillar and the Autistibuddies museum trip.
Today the Autistibuddies met up at Cardiff National Museum to assuage our nerdy cravings, and it was great fun. Not just the opportunity to do something we wouldn’t normally do (in my case, at least) but to have some fun, catch up, and just have a great time together! I’ve known my fellow Autistibuddies lessContinue reading “Tufty the Caterpillar and the Autistibuddies museum trip.”
Meltdown Hangover
Yesterday, things got too much. I ended up crying my eyes out in frustration (a number of times… Every time I thought I was fine, it hit again). A blank mind interspersed with 1,000,000 miles a minute thoughts and stressors, and no way to stop any of them long enough to focus me. A supervisorContinue reading “Meltdown Hangover”
Hindsight
It’s coming up to a year since I got the confirmation that I’m autistic. It feels like a lot longer, but I’ve also had such a varying degree of emotions through it all. Confusion, fear, acceptance, realisation, pride, confidence… I think the worst part is, most of those were at the same time. While it’sContinue reading “Hindsight”
Things not to say to an autistic person
Emotions are weird!
I’m a teacher by trade. I teach young children in a primary school and I also teach Welsh to adults. For much of my school teaching career I have taught children with additional learning needs, which brought me into contact with autistic children long before I ever realised that I was autistic. The signs ofContinue reading “Emotions are weird!”
A Brief of Who I Am
I don’t have a lot of experience with writing blogs but I’ll give it my best! I’ve had various issues with autism all of my life, my main issue is the understanding of people and the world we live in! I even had speech issues until I was 3 years old (and I’ve hardly keptContinue reading “A Brief of Who I Am”
We speak for ourselves!
I’m not the militant autistic type but even I am getting frustrated with all the codswallop in magazines and online. They are clearly put together by NTs and it shows! I mean, we are the lick few people with autism who can word what’s in our minds. We are all the lucky few who mayContinue reading “We speak for ourselves!”
Say it now and say it loud…
… I’m autistic and I’m proud. I don’t need curing and I don’t need changing. Check out this video – he expresses it well.
Autistibuddies 