Feeling adrift
Out- of-Sync Woman reflects on how hard it can be to connect to her siblings as a busy adult. She feels badly that she isn't closer to her siblings and wonders about how to feel closer to them.
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Missing Context and misunderstanding
People are complex, so its easy to misunderstand one another. When you add in other factors like having autism it can be even easier to get confused about other people's feeling and expectations.
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Experiencing Grief
This blog deals with the effects of grief for Out-of-Sync-Woman regarding the passing of her Dad. She details how her feelings are affected by having Autism and how she shows her grief.
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Road Trip
Out-of-Sync Woman is planning a road trip to see her family. It has been many years since she last saw them and she doesn't know what to expect since her Dad is staying with her sister and her family. She explores her issues with going and the anxiety she has regarding this trip.
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Bad News
This blog deals with the feelings and thoughts of Out-of-Sync Woman regrading her Dad's recent illness. She struggles with figuring out what to do about this new information.
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The Importance of Water Safety
In this blog we learn about how easy it is to take water safety for granted. Out-of-Sync Woman recalls two times when she got in trouble while swimming. Much later she learned more about water safety and how to be smarter when engaging in water activities.
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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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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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Focusing on employment
Out-of-Sync-Woman believes that we must go beyond "Autism Acceptance" in the month of April. One of the importin areas that need attention is employment for people on the Autism Spectrum. "Having the opportunity to contribute to the workforce gives me much more than a paycheck. It allows her to feel more secure in my world and it allows me to build skills, make friends, and learn new things."
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Two cat conundrum blog
"Have you the reader ever experienced things going differently than you planned?" Out-of-Sync Woman looks back and wonders if she should have adopted another cat. Since two cats are more work and cost more than one.
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Untangling autism blog
Out-of-Sync-Woman often struggles with social anxiety which makes leaving her apartment very difficult to do. It's easier to avoid other people, rather than deal with her anxiety regarding other people. She wonders how much of her problem's she shares with other on the Autism Spectrum vs what are her issues alone.
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January is National Hobby Month
Out-of-Sync Woman blogs about January being national hobby month and how excited she is about her hobby crocheting. Click below to find out more about her crafting plans.
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