In this episode, I cover the following topics:

- NT Socialization vs ND - my experience with my best friend

- power of autistic visual focus, attention to detail, neuroscience of how this is structured - my experience with how I see the world, daily life.  It's like a small circle that can be moved around to look at different things, whereas NT see the entire square.

- autistic people actively take in more information and it can be overwhelming

- autistic hyper focus & hypersensitivity

- how sensory issues are at the root of most autism symptoms

- how a manager can successfully work with an autistic employee:

Takeaway:  Written expectations, written feedbacks, clearly defined requirements, routines and consistency, and individual projects.

In this episode, I go over the most common responses I get to telling people I'm autistic, along with what NOT to say and why you shouldn't say it.

One that I forgot is - never tell someone they don't look autistic.  Autism does not have a look.  People seem to think it is like Downs Syndrome when it isn't. 

In this episode, I talk about the many biases against autism research, and I do a deep dive explanation of how the right anterior insula ties into orbitofrontal cortex, along with some inspiring stories of healing and rewiring the brain.

You are enough already as you are in this moment.

Do not believe the many biased researchers who tell you that you're deficient.

Yes, autistic people struggle.  Yes, sometimes life can be harder for us than it is for others.

But you have the power to be the best version of yourself and you're not bound by the way others perceive you.

How do you know if you're neurodivergent or neurotypical?

In autism, the cerebellum is hypoactive and does not have as many purkinje cells and this impacts motor skill development, emotional regulation, short term memory, spatial awareness, and many other things.

In this episode, I talk about what I've struggled with and acknowledge these struggles and vulnerabilities that I experience and likely will continue to experience in my life.

Buying and wearing clothing is a huge source of stress in the autism community.  It's more than wanting to wear clothes that feel good - trying to force an autistic person with sensory issues to wear triggering clothing feels about as painful as stepping on a tac with your bare feet.

In this episode, I talk about these struggles with clothing, what that looks like for me, and a few solutions I've found to help ease the struggles.

In this episode I talk about gender nonconformity, how it is more prevelant in the autistic community.

Neurodivergent people are a lot more likely to be trans, nonbinary, and GNC.  This adds an extra layer of vulnerability on top of being autistic that is rarely talked about or considered.

In this episode, I explain how it feels to dissociate - aka shutdown - how responding verbally is very difficult when I'm in the middle of a shutdown, and the wide variety of triggers that cause it along with strange feelings that go along with it.

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There are many differences between how autistics socialize versus NTs.  I talk about some of these differences in today's podcast.

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Being autistic has so many strengths, we have a unique ability to be ourselves unequivocally without conforming to a social norm.

Who you are is a beautiful person! You ARE worthy of love and all the joy in the world.

One act of kindness can go such a long way.

Being autistic in itself comes with a sense of freedom - freedom of expression without concern of judgements.  And anyone can experience this freedom if they choose to align with themselves instead of doing what everyone else does out of fear.

"The world is a beautiful place! The more you can recognize the beautiful aspects of your world, the more of them you attract into your life.... and I firmly believe these patterns underlying everything reveal to us a reality none of us can fully perceive"

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