Actually Autistic

It's been 4 weeks of daily mini episodes. For this last episode I wanted to talk about things that give us comfort and so I had on my comforting co-host from Foolish Wits, Jeff Richardson. Thank you all for sharing this Autism Appreciation month with me. There will likely be more episodes in the future but I'm not sure when. <3

One of the most difficult parts about being Autistic is the relentless bullying that starts in childhood and often continues for the rest of our lives.

Today I am going to talk about strategies for dealing with Autistic Chronic Fatigue. I want to be clear at the start here that I have no idea what causes chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS. CFS may have multiple underlying causes. We don't know. However the symptoms do seem to be shared in a similar way by multiple people. My working hypothesis is that it seems like a different condition in Autistics for the same reason that everything else seems different in Autistics. It's because Allistics and Autistic are wired differently.

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and you or someone you know.

There is such a thing as being too flexible.

The title says it all :)

The Intense World Theory is a hypothetical model of Autism that posits that Autistic traits are the result of heightened sensory sensitivity and that different Autistics have different sensitivities.

Some of the many ways that Autistics and Allistics communicate differently.

A few strategies

Autistic traits can include wide variations of how we process visual information internally