Skip to content

EXPATLOG

life without borders

  • About
  • Contact

Category: Life With Autism

Finding My Voice

This was where my real healing began. Here. On this blog. This was where I found my voice and the courage to use it. And to think I nearly turned my back on it…

Published May 26, 2021
Categorised as Blog, Interracial marriage, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged adult autism, authenticity, interracial marriage, self-advocacy, self-awareness

Autism and Friendship – Flying Into The Windowpane

For some of us with autism, pursuing a friendship beyond the surface superficialities imposed by polite society is fraught with difficulty and self-doubt.

Published October 24, 2017
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism Tagged adult autism, Autism, communication, friendship, social interaction

“If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism”

It took 25 years, 5 psychiatrists, 4 diagnoses and a string of shortsighted doctors before someone realised the issue was autism – and that someone was Me.

Published February 10, 2017
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism Tagged adult autism, Aspergers, Diagnosis, misdiagnosed

Why An Autism Diagnosis Is Like Finding Out You’re Adopted

Surprised tabby cat

Getting a diagnosis is like finding out you’re adopted – it’s not that you’re odd and don’t fit in, you’re just part of a different family.

Published November 6, 2015
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged adult autism, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, self-discovery

Adult Autism: Is That A Thing?

Eggs in an eggbox with faces drawn on them, the majority looking at one different coloured egg among them.

If people realised how hard autistics have to work to connect, they’d understand… empathy is a two-way street.

Published October 28, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged adult autism, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Awareness

How People With Autism Fake It

Decorative purple carnival mask
Image courtesy of Shutterstock

Recently, the mere anticipation of writing has resulted in instant mental paralysis, until this morning when I spilt an entire cup of coffee – the second in a fortnight. To put it succinctly, I lost my shit.

Published September 30, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged acting, actors, Aspergers, Autism, isolation, mask, neurodiversity

Doing Autism Differently

With a lump in my throat I described my beautiful, clever, mischievous daughter and discussed all the ways we could help make her future the antithesis of my past.

Published April 2, 2015
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Awareness, Autism Positivity, disability support, Early diagnosis

Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress

Woman in novelty sunglasses stares into the camera

I don’t need to take on the responsibility for changing other people’s misconceptions. Learning to be honest and authentic – standing in my own truth – is more important right now.

Published January 28, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged acceptance, adjustment, Aspergers, Autism, bipolar, disability

Point & Shoot: Creativity

We had the luxury of a three-day weekend thanks to last Friday’s PA day, and right from the start it was an outpouring of creative energy…

Published June 9, 2014
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health, Photography Tagged bipolar, Family life, Food, photography, point & shoot, Weather, weekend

Where Have You Been?

Drawer handle

I’ve mentally written and re-written the start of this post a thousand times over but when it came to putting it on the page I always lost my nerve. It never sounded right…

Published May 29, 2014
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged Autism, bipolar, BPD, CAMH, depression

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Older posts
  • LIFE IN CANADA
    • Expat Life
  • LIFE WITH AUTISM
    • Mental Health
  • INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
    • Islam
  • THE WRITING LIFE
  • LIFE THROUGH A LENS

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,043 other subscribers.

If you enjoyed reading this, please consider leaving a donation. Your support makes all the difference.

EXPATLOG
Proudly powered by WordPress.