Welcome to NeuroDiverseness where I share experiences and discuss topics related to Neuro Diversity including ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) & ADHD. I grew up pretending to be normal until I discovered I am Autistic (when I turned sixty.) Sometimes I cannot speak up, or I just cry and can’t speak at all. I cannot hear…
Twenty years ago I considered myself somewhat \’normal\’ while feeling and looking twenty one- literally sort of. I was forty and recently divorced with two children. That point forward I started to discover the real me. I divorced out of a mentally, emotionally, and verbally abusive marriage. I didn\’t anticipate how my children\’s views of…
Intro to my YouTube Channel: @neurodierseness
I pretended to be normal so good that it faked me out too. However, undoing what judgemental people (aka, bullies) have done is something that cannot be faked.
I listen to other mothers talk about their autistic children and wonder what it was like for my mother. I don\’t think she ever really bonded with me as she did with my brothers and sister. I was different from my siblings and she knew it. She often said I was like my father. I…
At least I am not alone with this. I\’ve struggled throughout my life to eat and be properly nourished.
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What? Excuse me? Come again? Sorry? Could you repeat that? Another hearing test? Move my seat to the front of the class again? If I had a nickel for everytime I\’ve had to say that I\’d still have trouble hearing in a noisy environment. Keep in mind I am autistic with hyper-sensitive hearing so it\’s…
Who decides the norm in life? The media? The government? Religion? We go to school as a child, we go to the doctor, we go to church, we go to visit family, we go to the store. We follow our parents and siblings and family. We learn how to behave.
First I want to say – They Picked Me! All my relationships throughout my entire life were a result of someone picking me. Not my choice but my acceptance and tolerance of them. Kind of like an arranged marriage or cult.
What can someone do to help an Autistic person? Explain yourself as if you are talking to a classroom of adults. Please don\’t be condescending as they might have twice the intelligence as you no matter how old they are, or not. Explain why you want something done. Reason is the reason Autistic people get…
I realized I was autistic at sixty years old. I was on the upside of the lowest low I\’ve ever experienced in my life. While researching abuse and narcissism, Autism repeated popped into my search results. A close friend mentioned my uncle had Aspergers (aka Autism). Autism is hereditary. I thought about my father and…
What happens to an Autistic person after a few meltdowns, shutdowns, burnouts, and looses momentum on their resume? What about references? Resume?
