Autism can suck!
When you read information from adult autistic people, they often only talk about all the positives of autism – and there is a reason for
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7 July 2023
negatives
Self-Harm
What is Self-Harm? Self-harm is when you cause harm to yourself on purpose. There are many different reasons why someone might self-harm, but often it
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Medication
Autism does not require any medication: it’s just a difference and not something to cure. “I don’t suffer from autism, I suffer from idiots” Times
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Bullying
“Bullying is when one person or a group of people deliberately hurt another person, more than once, and it’s hard for the person on the
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Autism and Sleep
The magic formula for sleep is high levels of melatonin and low levels of stress. When it gets dark, our brains produce melatonin. This then
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Periods and PMDD
You’ve probably heard of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), but have you ever heard of PMDD? (If you haven’t heard of PMS we recommend reading this book)
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Depression
Everybody has days where they feel sad or fed-up; it is normal for our moods to change according to what is happening in our lives.
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Autistic Burnout – Another perspective
I didn’t realise I was autistic until I was in my 40s, so a lot of the time when I was experiencing burnout I thought
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Trauma
We all have bad experiences at times, and usually we can move on from these experiences sometimes with a bit of help from others, for example by talking about what happened or finding a way to make ourselves feel safe again.
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Autistic Burnout
Autistic burnout is an incredibly difficult experience where your brain is in overdrive and you always feel stressed.
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7 July 2023