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Childhood

Autism: Ode to Lunch Ladies Part 1

July 13, 2012

High school.  Cafeteria.  Lunch line. Oh, such terror in my heart. On Friday Chili Day, I could afford bought lunch, but that meant standing in the lunch line, which was strung with tension, with one of them being where to stand. The kids in line are too close to me, so I’m uncomfortable.  How can [...]

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A Safe Autism Haven after years of…bullying

June 22, 2010

I feel safe here in my little haven for working, talking, and eating with my husband.  It’s my safe little retreat from a world where I have felt and been unsafe. Why do I need to feel safe? I have been bullied starting in childhood through to present day. I have met unsafe people, both [...]

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Sensory Processing Disorder Book Review: I’m Not Weird, I Have SPD by Chynna Laird

August 13, 2009

Talk about echoes of my childhood and my present with my Sensory Processing Disorder (a.k.a. Sensory Integrative Dysfunction). In the book, I’m Not Weird, I have SPD, author Chynna Laird uses descriptive words like:  hurt, screamed, pain, and scared. Those are words that I use to this day as an adult with SPD. Sensory overload [...]

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Magic in my childhood mind with autism

April 15, 2009

I was asked what was the magical part of my childhood as a person with autism.  With such a question, it took me days to choose one memory over the others. One Island Lake.  It was a magical place, a sandy beach hemmed in by trees with a shoreline that curved inward toward the beach.  [...]

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