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  1. Jenisautistic

    If you were ever bullied in school and told a teacher or principal About it

    What is the response you got? as you know I am writing a book about bullying And I would like your different experiences about telling an adult or someone you’re know that you’ve been bullied or are being bullied. in my story I am trying to show that currently there is no true/ easy answer...
  2. Jenisautistic

    What could be causing this? Random thoughts and a possible rant

    I’m not sure if this has anything to do with any of my conditions however I am very routine oriented in a way For example I’m gonna watch a movie On my computer but I keep gravitating toward do YouTube or some thing I’ve already watched mainly YouTube cover songs or music in general Sometimes...
  3. Jenisautistic

    Another novel writing question about disability

    How do you make a story more general Or not specific to a topic that nobody really reads about For example I’m talking about special education in my story and I don’t want to have to refer to the specific terms that people might have to keep looking up or get confused by Or at worst cringe...
  4. AngelaS267

    Doctors Ignoring Women's Problems.

    So I had to talk to a psychiatrist this morning about my depression. This has been a huge step for me. This is the first time in my life that I've ever gotten help from professionals with my anxiety and depression. I am very grateful, and happy to be getting this help. However, I have noticed...
  5. Jenisautistic

    Advice about writing about disability In my story

    hi everyone as you may know I made a post earlier About recording the introduction to my book after recording the introduction and looking over the story I found it just wasn’t ready yet I am writing a book and all of my characters are pretty much in seventh grade. I believe one of them is...
    • Jenisautistic
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    • advice please advocacy autism being different cerebral palsy intellectual disability writing about autism writing stories
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  6. Jenisautistic

    I finally published a blog!:)

    Inclusion in College For Those With Unique Needs - DIFFERENT BRAINS please let me know what you think of this
  7. BrokenBoy

    Is it possible that my ASD has something to do with this?

    My favorite video game genre is turn based role playing games. I don't care if it's a WRPG or a JRPG I just love RPG's that are turn based in general. I'm playing Dragon Quest 1 for the NES right now and its really fun. But it appears that 99.99% of the human population seems to hate turn based...
  8. HDLSeanWiley

    Autism in Adulthood journal

    There's this quarterly journal called Autism in Adulthood which has autism studies done by autistic scientists (not all the scientists in the journal are autistic, but a good portion of them are). It has names some of you in the autism science world may know, such as Stephen Kapp and Clarissa...
  9. M

    Question about autism versus autistic traits

    I found this online: Suppose a genetic test for the BAP became available, and the following situation occurred: Two siblings test positive for the BAP at birth. No difference between them was noted during their first year of life. An evaluation of both siblings at 3 years old found only one...
  10. Jenisautistic

    My book the bully the bullied and the bystanders Lola and the Upstanders

    Hello let me start by saying that This is a project I’m working on for quite a while and I will add the videos in my YouTube channel Please note that this has sensitive and Some language In the story Which I will note is not in this introduction for those of you who are interested my channel...
  11. Jenisautistic

    Autism the sequel

    Please everyone let me know what you think of this documentary I have mixed feelings on it
  12. M

    Autism recovery story

    Bruno Bettelheim, a psychoanalyst who studied autistic children, wrote in his book "The Empty Fortress" in 1967 that children with classic autism displayed symptoms consistent with parental rejection and claimed he helped them recover from autism through purely psychological intervention. He...
  13. Butterfly88

    Can't Find a Therapist

    I've been having a lot of trouble finding a psychotherapist. I live in New Jersey and have Medicaid and am also registered with the DDD (Department of Developmental Disabilities). Medicaid therapists tend to be in clinics and they are very overwhelming for me sensory-wise. When I went to a...
  14. A

    My Life Oblivious of Autism intro

    I am biologically a female, but I identify as gender neutral. Because of that, it took a little longer to figure myself out, and was always missed. I was officially diagnosed with high functioning autism, alongside depression and anxiety, by the age of 15, so I missed a lot of my mental illness...
    • AμT|§t¡©PuMa
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    • autism description hobbies interests intro introduce yourself introduction life personality questions
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  15. AngelaS267

    America and Autism...?

    Hey there, it's me again... So I'm noticing something here. I am American, Black American to be exact, and I found out I was autistic super late in my life. I went through elementary school, middle school, high school, college, without knowing I was autistic. After finding out that I was, I find...
  16. D

    The Driveway Rules

    Hi everybody. I am inviting everybody to check out my private blog. I grew up with undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome and struggled mightily with relationships. Hope you enjoy.
  17. A

    PDD-NOS

    Hey, My names R.J. and I was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified(also called Atypical Autism) at 18 months old. I have some significant symptoms of Autism(I.E. extreme stiming, special interests, and anger/frustration issues) but other symptoms I don't(e.g...
  18. Jo Conrad

    Introducing myself - a designer who is very interested in autism and looking for ways to help!

    Hello everyone! I've been really interested in autism for a while now and can relate to it personally in lots of ways. I wondered if there was a way I could help as a designer so I've started making animations that I really hope are calming, and I hope you don't mind me posting this here but...
  19. Jenisautistic

    hero cover for covid 19

    :blush:
  20. Jenisautistic

    in to the unknown cover talking about anxiety

    hi just wanted to say that I love this song it is so powerful and amazing I feel like Elsa sometimes and I get shutdowns where I'm in a sort of inner world but it s more From the trama but I believe the autism causes it to come out too it feel like my inner world will go back to writing stories...
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