Tag Archives: autistic experience

Autistic Neurology of Visual Thinking is NOT Intentional Behavior

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Autistic people are often visual thinkers. It is not something we decide, but rather the way our brain handles information. We […]

Impacts of Autistic Thinking Style

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. I think in colors. My thinking colors have sound and movement. When I hear spoken words my neurology automatically goes for […]

Christmas, Autism and Teaching Kindness

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. During the holiday season people are sometimes rushed and frazzled due to the extra activities and expectations of the season. Thus, […]

Social Participation and the Autistic Sensory System

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Every time autistic people interface with the world outside their skin they bring along their sensory system that is often unstable […]

Autism and Thinking in Layers

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. As a little girl, there was a single movie screen in my mind where I created one still life picture at […]

Introduction to Newest Book: Autistically Thriving

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. This blog is actually the introduction that appears in my newest book (Endow, 2019, pp. xiii-xiv) available as of last week. […]

Toxic Autism Awareness: Fact from Fiction?

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. During the past week I have run into two different people in my personal life who have expressed erroneous beliefs about […]

Autistic Burnout and Aging

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Last September I returned from a vacation that I had been dreaming of taking for several years. I had booked my vacation […]