So let’s talk about neurotypical people and their problems with communication. Lately it has happened to me again: a person says something to me to be nice, or to look good in the eyes of…
Posts tagged autism coach
Autism and context blindness
I am not yet plunging into academic reading on the subject, but rather enjoying discovering and sharing different aspects of autism from the inside. Right now, my inner work is on ‘context blindness’ in autism….
It’s official: I’m an Autism Counselor!
After 58 years of experience with autism from the inside, I am a firm believer in ‘Nothing about us without us’. Article en français ici I have studied to be an Autism Counselor. It’s a…
Today, I went to the Supermarket
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…
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…