Getting Along in the Online Autistic Community
Rachel blogs about the many positives and negatives of the online autism community that she's experienced. Like most things in life, there are lots of opinions about what means to have autism. She has learned to pick her battles wisely.
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Autism Awareness Month: What Being Autistic Means to Me
Annie wants readers to know that being part of the autistic community is a good thing. Having autism doesn’t make you different, it just makes you unique in your own way!
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How Has Being a Part of the Autism Community Impacted You?
Thomas blogs about his "100% positive" experience as a member of the autistic community. His diagnosis allowed him to gain a better understanding of himself, opened new doors to share his story and use his leadership skills, and provided him with long-lasting friendships!
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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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Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month
Teresa blogs about how autism has impacted her and how her life has changed since her diagnosis two years ago. Despite its challenges, she wouldn't change this part about herself. She's learned a lot about herself and autism since then, but the most important thing it's taught her, is to never give up!
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Entering a New Decade: How Has Autism Impacted Me
Khylil reflects on what it's like to have autism and how his perception of it has changed as he's grown up. His mom helped him realize that being autistic is "au-some" and in some ways like a superpower. This realization has allowed him to feel closer to himself and more confident. He now spends a lot of time self-reflecting lately on his journeys of weight loss, mental growth, and maturity as an autistic adult.
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Being a Part of the Autism Community
Out-of-Sync Woman was diagnosed at a young age with Autism even before it was a common diagnosis. It wasn't until her twenties that she started to become involved in the Autism community. She feels strongly that being part of the Autism community has been good for her and she wouldn't change this part of herself!
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My Life Through the Span
Welcome Mike! In this first blog, we travel down memory lane as Mike tells us about different periods in his life. He ends this blog with the question, "What am I going to do with myself now, at 60 years old?"
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What is Podcasting?
Thomas blogs about the history of the podcast, shares the top types of podcast genres and the types of podcast formats. He shares details and the joy he derives from being a part of an Autism Podcafé group out of Pittsburgh.
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What’s Passed is Past
Rachel blogs about her fear of missing opportunities because of waiting too long. In this case, she focuses on the choice of where and when to start grad school. Rachel comes to the conclusion that it is important to learn from the past but ultimately to look forward to new opportunities.
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Overcoming Tax Intimidation
Penny blogs about her experience with taxes. While she was living at home her dad would do the family taxes. Flashforward a few years and Penny has decided to do her own taxes for the first time this year!
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Favorite Movies I love Watching
Annie blogs about three movies she loves the most. She explains why these movies are on the top of her must-watch list and also writes about the joy she gets from watching them.
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Group activity, or go solo? It’s hard to decide!
Sarah, often has to think about if, she wants to spend time with other people or spend by herself. Being by herself can be helpful when she is tired or in a bad mood. However spend time with others can be good for Sarah for her bad mood too. She writes about spending time with her family helped her feel better.
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House Sitting
Out-of-Sync Woman kept her nephew company while his parents and sister were away on a trip. She enjoyed getting to know her nephew better and taking care of their family pets. She felt really good about the experience.
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Where I’ve Been: My Journey Through Self-Healing
Teresa blogs about life lessons she learned while taking a break from blogging. She found out connecting to other people can be helpful for her well being. At the same time she also worked on setting healthy personal boundaries regrading other people. Lastly she focused on improving her self-esteem and not worrying so much about what other people think.
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