Meltdowns suck, but you already know that if you read yesterday’s post. It’s a part of my life that I could live without, but it is also a part of what makes me what I am. Therefore, I needed to find some way of living in balance with my meltdowns. I wanted to stop fearing them as much as I …
What My Meltdowns Feel Like
Meltdown are impossible to escape, even though I often wish I could. They can come out of nowhere, just suddenly hitting you like a bucket of cold water in your face. My body starts shaking, starting with my hands usually. Not so much that people notice, and if they do, they generally just think I’m nervous. The shaking is really …
No, I Am Not Rain Man
We all have a tendency to generalise whenever we can, this happens with ASD as well. The diagnosis covers a far greater spectrum than most expect, and yet again do we generalise – all of us. It’s a shame, because we are all different. Just like there is many different types of neurotypicals in the world, there are many different …