Posts for Parents of Autistic Kids:
A Guide to Understanding Your Autistic Child (<– start here!)
Anxiety Looks Like Anger (also applies to autistic adults)
The Spoiled Brat Stereotype and Autistic Children
Neurotypicals: Listen to Our Words, Not Our Tone
Alexithymia and Interoception (also applies to autistic adults)
How the Golden Rule Harms Autistic People (also applies to autistic adults)
Literalness, Uncertainty, and Perfectionism (also applies to autistic adults)
Dear Autistic Kid, on school and isolation (also applies to autistic adults)
Dear Autistic Kid, on meltdowns and shame (also applies to autistic adults)
Dear Autistic Kid, on being at home
Autistic Toddlers and Parent Expectations
Masking, Late-diagnosis, and Mental Health:
Autistic Masking, Late Diagnosis, and Dissociation: The Toll It Takes on Autistic Mental Health
Adult Misdiagnosis – The Default Path to an Autistic Identity
Autistic Burnout, “Regression,” and Identity Crisis – #TaketheMaskOff Week 4
Accepting my Autistic Self – #TakeTheMaskOff
Talking Yourself Up in a Neurotypical World
The Spoiled Brat Stereotype and Autistic Children
The Neurotypical Autism Diagnosis
Dear Autistic Kid, on meltdowns and shame
Autistic (and Neurotypical Lack Of) Effort
Sensory Differences and Emotional Regulation:
How Autistic People Hear the World: auditory chaos and the search for silence
All About Auditory Sensitivity
Neurotypical Misunderstandings of Autistic People:
Neurotypicals: Listen to Our Words, Not Our Tone
How the Golden Rule Harms Autistic People
Autistic (and Neurotypical Lack Of) Effort
“Just Be Yourself” – #TaketheMaskOff
Autistic Joy and Validation:
Talking Yourself Up in a Neurotypical World
Online Communities, Happy Autistic Stories
Autism, Healthcare, and Disability
Adult Misdiagnosis – The Default Path to an Autistic Identity
The Neurotypical Autism Diagnosis
Update: Doctors Visits and (lack of) Judgment
Schools Don’t Care About Disabled Students