I work at school, I am a teacher and today it is the last day of work before Christmas. It is very noisy, very messy and all schedules are changed. It is not for me and I know it is not the best for a lot of people with autism. The last day before the... Continue Reading →
One of the questions that people who really know me most often ask me is: "How do you feel about being autistic?" I know that they don't ask mischievously: the reason they ask it is that for them autism is not the norm. They are not autistic, and they hear about autism as a very... Continue Reading →
Autistic people are often overwhelmed by Christmas. I don't love Christmas, for many reasons: 1) too many things change: I lose the sense of my days, and often I can't even understand what day it is 2) people become too frantic: I absorb this frenzy and I become extremely excited 3) people's faces change: they... Continue Reading →
Since I was a child, I have a lot of troubles with sleeping. I can wake up also 10 or 12 times a night. I know that a lot of people on the autism spectrum have troubles with sleeping, and I read a research that says about the shortness of dreams of autistic people. These... Continue Reading →
This is what they said me when they diagnosed my autism. And "Oh. Ok." was my answer. And this is how this (second) history began. While I was coming home, I love to say I cried due to the sound of the train, but the true is that I cried due to my diagnosis. Passing... Continue Reading →
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