This is a beautiful article from Tiny Buddha by Lori Deschene. The full article is here . I think it ties in with our recent discussions around masking, unmasking, and setting boundaries. And it’s relevant to autistic people as we are often overly sensitive to our own and others’ emotions, even the feelings of animals. And unfortunately, since our reactions are often criticized or unwelcome, we learn to mask and hide or bury our true feelings, so others not only don’t get t

Here is a copy of the brief I submitted: Written Submission for Pre-Budget Consultations for Federal Budget 2025    By: True Taylor July 2024 I. Recommendations:   ●     Recommendation 1: That the government includes specific initiatives in the National Autism Strategy (NAS) to find, diagnose, support, and assist older autistic adults and autistic seniors . Recommendation 2: That the recommendations for the National Autism Strategy (NAS) outlined in the brief provided by the

This is a very interesting/insightful thread I copied from Twitter before the storm, in the 'how does this total stranger know so much about my life' category. Some of our conversation at the meeting Saturday reminded me of it so I thought I would share. Written by Dr Sam Porter @PerinatalBirder His Twitter profile describes him as " #Neurodivergent Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist" and he describes this thread "Here’s a thread I’ve written for psychiatrists to help them pi

This article from The Guardian is about the UK but I'm sure this happens in Canada as well, maybe not as much because I think its more difficult to get diagnosed as an adult in Canada. "In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with autism has rocketed; a study of diagnosis trends, published in August, found the median age for diagnosis is 10 for males and 13 for females, and there was a 787% exponential increase in its recorded incidence, in the 20 years to 2018. " At

This article is from The Guardian written by Amelia Hill @byameliahill "Women from around the world describe the life-changing impact of finally receiving a diagnosis:" "There were women whose lives had been scarred by victimization, from bullying to rape, because without a diagnosis they did not know they were highly vulnerable to manipulation and abuse." "There were women who were diagnosed in their 70s, who had known there was something different about them for 60 year

This article was on CTV a while ago. I think its very relevant to the other articles I've posted about double empathy and the effect on communication and social relationships. It was written by Tom Yun https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/a-unique-way-of-communicating-canadians-with-autism-share-challenges-debunk-misconceptions-about-autism-1.5387208 "Around one in 66 Canadians are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a 2018 report from the federal government . Bu

This post further explores the complicated notion of low and high functioning autistic people that I posted about on March 27 "High Functioning? It depends: " and it also touches on what I was trying to say in "Are Co-occurring Conditions Part of Autism?" that I posted a few days ago, that there should be support for all autistic people as we ALL struggle. This is actually a twitter thread posted by A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych whose profile identifies them as Former

This is an older entry but I thought it was very interesting and a good read even though its about children and not adults. DON'T MOURN...

Here is another great article about autism. https://neurocosmopolitanism.com/what-is-autism/ From "DR. NICK WALKER'S NOTES ON AUTISM,...