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ARCHIVED – The Practice of Mindfulness: Why is it so stressful?
Posted on June 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. Walking has become an increasingly stressful activity for me of late. Not because it is the slowest mode of transport and my mind is constantly let down […]
ARCHIVED – ‘It’s just emotions’: Experiencing feelings as an Aspertypical
Posted on March 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. I have learnt to accept that trying to think about your emotions and work out what you are feeling to an autistic person is like trying to […]
ARCHIVED – Autism Art Therapy: no artistic talent necessary
Posted on April 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. “A picture can paint a thousand words and bla bla bla…”, have you ever actually tried drawing your words or your feelings (what the hell are those?), […]
ARCHIVED – Therapy for Autism
Posted on December 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. For the past 7 years I have been overly indulged in therapy, so much so that at one point it felt like a full time job. When […]
ARCHIVED The ‘Creatively Impaired’ Autism Fallacy – How a picture can paint a thousand words for us too!
Posted on August 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. My childhood artwork was never displayed proudly around the house (queue my mum feeling guilty when she reads this). I never thought anything of it until I […]
ARCHIVED An Autism Diagnosis – The bigger picture I’d been searching for
Posted on July 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
ARCHIVED: Please note, whilst every effort has been made to update blog posts, this blog post has been archived and may present outdated and incorrect information and terminology. “She seemed fine as a baby; in fact she was really good. She rarely cried, rarely needed me, and would just sit for hours happily playing by […]