The Wrong Kind of Help

I have already said this several times over the last couple of years, but many of us on the spectrum need support in some way to be able to live relatively independently. To some it may appear like we can live independently without any “real problems” and this is in some way, I guess, true. In some way, however, it’s …

In Between

I’ve talked about this many times before, and yes, I did promise to write a post about it at some point and now I am. This is about something I have to tell people all the time, but most of the time people don’t really seem to understand it. It’s probably because it is so very foreign to them that …

Shutdown

Sometimes, you’ll see someone on the autism spectrum break down. You can see a strong reaction; some may even strike at whoever is hurting them. It’s not something they do because they are evil or mean or bad people – they might even really like whoever they hit or pushed. We all react in whatever way we can to survive. …