They are having ‘Autistic and Hypersensitive Friendly Hours’ at my local Carrefour. I usually go there once every 3 months or so. Today, I was in the area, and remembered that between 2 and 4…
Browsing Category Autism (late diagnosis)
Special skill or handicap? Thoughts on ‘detail orientedness’ and alexithymia
I want to talk about a typically autistic talent: finding patterns in the weirdest places, combined with a difficulty to identify one’s emotions. A few weeks ago, I noticed a series of subtle differences in…
What if all those labels bother you?
Then read this and try to let it sink in for a moment. A pure piece of wisdom. Of course this is valid for al the other “labels” that are being named “fashionable” or simply…
On coming AUT of the closet
I just found this picture in an Autism support group and it made me feel like writing about coming AUT of the closet. Many autistics like this meme because I think at some point we…
About my autism diagnosis
disclaimer : my website is called ‘Healing Room’ because I want to offer a safe space for people who work on healing, be it from a traumatic (undiagnosed) past or newer difficulties such as the…
Late Autism Diagnosis and trauma (C-PTSD)
le site de Marlene en français se trouve ici This is an article I wrote in August 2020, some 2 months after my diagnosis. A question I hear often: “Why is there so much trauma…