Meet Penny: Life, Cameras, Action!
We welcome Penny, a new blogger, to ASDNext. Penny blogs about feeling like the funny sidekick and having to mask who she was all the time. Penny writes “Emulating my peers was exhausting. I lost and suppressed my most authentic self to character portrayal. I questioned, who did I REALLY want to be?" She learns this is called masking and that she has autism. This understanding helped Penny decide to become the main character of her life story.
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Meet Annie!
We welcome Annie, a new blogger, to ASDNext. In this blog, we get to know Annie and learn a bit about her life. She shares what she likes to do and what she would like to learn more about. Check out this blog to learn more about our new blogger, Annie.
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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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Not conforming to Gender
This month to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride month, Rachel blogs about her personal gender identity and what gender means to her in terms of being on the spectrum. She describes how her identity effects the way she dresses as well as the way she acts. She also writes about how she believes there is no right way to act like a woman and that no one should be put in a box just because society says so.
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Autism in Motion
Over the years, Out-of-Sync Woman has realized that she has more trouble with moving her body than her peers. However, it wasn't until she spent time hiking with friends that she saw how marked the differences were.
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Ready to learn more
Out-of-Sync-Woman blogs about her lack of knowledge of the LGBTQ community and wanting to learn more. She writes about how hard it can be to leave your comfort zone to interact with people you don't know.
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A Hopeful Diagnosis (Chronic Pain)
Ziggie talks about how hard it can be to get a medical diagnosis for a painful condition. He shares his frustration with only having fifteen minutes to explain his symptoms to the doctor. It takes many visits to different doctors to find a diagnosis and treatment that works. He concludes "You deserve to be listened to, and hopefully whatever ails you can be treated by a doctor."
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True Health
In this blog, Sarah embraces being healthy, mind, body, and soul. She wrote that "I am no supermodel. But in a way, I feel like one because I feel beautiful inside and out."
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I am more than enough!
In this blog, Out-of-Sync Woman highlights some of her struggles with feeling like she is not enough. She wants to change the way she thinks about herself in a more positive light. She is excited about May being National Mental Health Awareness Month as their campaign is #MoreThanEnough
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My Experiences Learning Self-Advocating
Out-of-Sync Woman answers a question "how do you teach your child to Self advocate" by looking backward to her school days and to the present. She explains how her mom taught in many way to stand up for herself.
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Room for improvement
While Out-of-Sync-Woman appreciates the theme of Celebrating Autism during the month of April, she feels that there is lots of room for improvement. She believes that there are four areas that need to be addressed in order to start to better and more fully support the Autism population.
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Autism Acceptance Month: Blogging with ASD
Khylil shares his joy in typing and blogging for ASDNext. He answers a few questions and goes into more detail about how he has changed and grown as a blogger.
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Adventures in History
Sarah shares her love of love history and learning new facts. She talks about her most recent trip to Philadelphia to see the sights including museum that were featured in a block buster movie.
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Not Being Believed Due To My Disability
Ziggie find out that self advocacy doesn't always work when his heater where he lives' breaks down. Ziggie feels unheard due to not being believed by his landlord about his broken heater. He learns to be successful in advocating the other person needs to willing to listen and help too.
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A Reflection of ASD Years After My Diagnosis.
Ziggie reflects on how he was diagnosis with Autism and how it changed his life for the better. He was able to learn more about himself gowning up and the Autism community.
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