https://www.fantastically-human.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-01-05 https://www.fantastically-human.com/blog/so-you-just-learned-youre-autistic monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/36f528cb-b26c-4a06-b00b-3b0fc327a1b4/1+%2871%29.jpg BLOG - So You Just Learned You’re Autistic… - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/f6da0305-3915-45b8-bb3b-eef0eef76f05/1+%28191%29.jpeg BLOG - So You Just Learned You’re Autistic… - Make it stand out Hated piano lessons, hated playing classical (love listening to it). Turns out I love playing rock music and play best by ear and with chord charts. Who knew? (no one). I didn’t play for my entire adult life until the day after I learned I was autistic. https://www.fantastically-human.com/blog/a-very-autistic-xmas-amp-an-adhd-new-year monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/7f442eb9-a189-4fe8-aa24-f738a900d0a1/1+%28208%29.jpeg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out Though last year was probably the last for a while of getting everyone to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas with me, I look forward to five years from now when they’ll be begging to watch it for nostalgia reasons. (Also, the 5yo watched it with me anyway ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/a6c862a4-9341-451e-beee-0a688470ad35/1+%28201%29.jpg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out It’s okay to spend $39 at Office Depot on a giant cardboard gingerbread house if it helps you SURVIVE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/25f32c73-0fa3-4dc8-938a-6017a849e148/1+%28209%29.jpeg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out When will I learn to limit the holiday sugar? Clearly didn’t last year… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/e71cfd33-432a-470a-a103-e39b3e7f682a/1+%28211%29.jpeg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out The quiet one reads while the others sob in their rooms because it’s way too much — and it’s over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/082b1485-837c-4baf-bac5-1273df2c4969/1+%28205%29.jpeg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out Rather than forcing family activities, this year I just did stuff for myself, like trying out wreath-making! Also: no one cried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/39e5d9fe-ed13-4765-9fda-514a7dc36485/1+%28202%29.jpeg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out Oo! But because I wrote that, one of them joined me TODAY for the first time. Win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/92279424-6ce7-47f8-bad9-87545e348057/1+%28210%29.jpg BLOG - Here’s to a Very Autistic Xmas & an ADHD New Year - Make it stand out You can skip the huge Christmas dinner & have something easy and special on the Winter Solstice, when there’s way less pressure. I give you permission to have bread, cheese, grapes, and salami for dinner. The candles and greenery do all the work! Everyone was happy & no one cried. https://www.fantastically-human.com/blog/how-to-touch-an-autistic-person-pine-cones-vs-oranges monthly 0.5 2023-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/76358129-75ea-41ed-8ff3-0d5429903e5f/1+%28218%29.jpeg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out Even two autistic kids with opposite physical touch needs/preferences can sometimes find ways to physically connect, but it only happens when both are in a relaxed physiological state doing a mutually desired activity (like cloud-watching). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/2d3f5ae0-0979-432b-aff5-c05c0523f5b3/1+%28215%29.jpg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out Here’s an autistic kid who’s clearly a hugger with close family or friends (as long as they’re in a decent mood!). It’s obvious from that wide-open smile, the rushing over, the bear-hug response — no verbal consent needed because you’ve got clear nonverbal consent! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/d2614fb1-e98d-49c0-9570-eeb37fa0bbc6/Screenshot+2023-12-26+at+4.49.33+PM.png BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out One of these cats wants you to pet them, one will cut you if you try (hint: they’re the same cat). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/359d769c-e9b5-4aa9-9b66-8645c93a5b9b/1+%28212%29.jpeg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/30f8d246-8a63-4ced-9a1d-d559c6fdad6e/1+%28214%29.jpeg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out You can tell from body language that this autistic kid isn’t much of a hugger, so why do I have my arm around them? Simple — I almost always ask this particular kid if they’re up for a hug in the moment or if it’s okay to put my arm around them — like for this pic — & pay attention to whether they mean it when they say “yes” (when they’re on the fence, I ask, “are you sure?” & listen to how they respond). They give the best hugs when they seek them out from me, like saying goodbye for school & saying goodnight, so I don’t often ask for hugs because I know I’ll get them when they want to give them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/b4745013-7422-4ac2-863b-3a1a16b239e0/1+%28213%29.jpeg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/464fe684-d8df-494d-8cd5-0f0c918489df/1+%28219%29.jpeg BLOG - How to Touch an Autistic Person: Pine Cones vs. Oranges - Make it stand out Best sweaty hug ever! Post-run in July, ~15 years ago. ❤️ https://www.fantastically-human.com/blog/the-absolute-worst-ever-myths-about-autism monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/8104c44f-2180-4161-b3d9-b514ba54d6af/1+%28220%29.jpeg BLOG - The Absolute Worst-Ever Myths about Autism that Just Won’t Die - Make it stand out To us, neurotypical thinking and social patterns are CRA-zy, and if we ran the world and wrote the DSM, THAT would be a disorder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/1a0f3fee-bb20-45f9-a364-ab649411473a/1+%28224%29.jpeg BLOG - The Absolute Worst-Ever Myths about Autism that Just Won’t Die - Make it stand out Talking, laughing, pointing, fully-engaged with great eye contact by 9 months (and continuing throughout childhood) meant: can’t be autistic (but totally was/is). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/8a50df42-da5b-4f3f-bba4-67d22ecabb6c/1+%28226%29.jpg BLOG - The Absolute Worst-Ever Myths about Autism that Just Won’t Die - Make it stand out Bring your capes and sunglasses: autistic folks are bound to get spicy in our natural environs (also just as likely to curl up like sloths and read a book in a corner at a party). And you never know which it’s gonna be! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/1704374945484-JUG8Z2R5HOD8WW7VYDST/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Absolute Worst-Ever Myths about Autism that Just Won’t Die - Make it stand out “What’s inside an autistic person’s mind? Nobody knows!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647e3ba066d45a0de27d425f/c2cece3b-f4c0-40c7-924c-86f5b4fac06f/1+%28225%29.jpg BLOG - The Absolute Worst-Ever Myths about Autism that Just Won’t Die - Make it stand out We like cool bands for our generation, we wear lip gloss, we do Beach (even though the sunscreen/sand/sweat combo is the worst form of torture ever invented ☠️). Okay, so we like NASA more than average, whoop-dee-frickin-doo. 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