An Unforgettable Experience: Pavilion at Star Lake
Anne blogs about the amazing time she and her family had at the Pavilion at Star Lake. She focuses on the way the staff at the Pavilion made the concert experience enjoyable and accessible for her and her family.
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Masking – The Draw to Hide the Obvious – Takes a Toll
Anne blogs how she learned to mask as a way of fitting in with others when she was growing up. This constant masking has taken a toll on her energy and health. Lately, she has done less masking in the workplace because she is now able to communicate her needs to employer.
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Being a Part of the Autism Community: The Positives, Negatives, and My Indifference
Anne gives her honest opinion how being in the autistic community has impacted her. While there have been lots of positives as she's learned to better understand and express herself, there are also negatives to this as well. However, from her experiences these negatives often come from outside individuals or organizations who don't truly understand autism.
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ASD and Grief
In January, Anne's beloved 13-year-old dog, Beauty, passed away. Anne blogs about how deeply she feels this loss and expresses it through a poem in memory of Beauty. She also learned about healthy ways to grieve from her daughter.
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Sensory Sensitivity and Understanding the Effects
Anne expresses her wishes for employers and Human Resources departments to receive more education and training on ways to accommodate neurodivergent folks at work. She details her sensory profile and the way it impacts her work.
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Hyperfocus and Autistic Inertia, A Blissful Relationship
What is hyperfocus and inertia? In this blog, Anne shares her viewpoint regarding these states of being. She goes over the steps she need to reach a state of hyperfocus for work.
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Processing Traumatic Memories While Being Autistic
Trigger Warning: This blog covers the traumatic memories of Anne's experience of being in tornado as a young child. This blog goes into to detail about the storm and the effects afterward including the death of a childhood friend. We learn how these memories affected Anne for many years to come.
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Resilience in Your Career When You’re Neurodiverse
Anne shares four times she believes that being an undiagnosed Autistic/ADHD woman had effected her employment. She shares her frustrations when she was let go from her positions due to being neurodivergent. She has learned from these situations to be a more resilient person.
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Meet Anne!
In Anne’s first blog, she shares a bit about herself and her journey to an autism diagnosis. She also details how not having the correct diagnosis caused her some difficulties. Anne hopes by writing about her life, she can help others better understand themselves or an autistic loved one.
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