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 late diagnosis
Revelation: some people think I’m weird and you know what? That’s fine with me!
Actually, it’s even FUN. On our last night before moving house after 15 years in an apartment in the city, we had a drink with our direct neighbors. The downstairs lady was also present. Between…
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…
Unmasking (in) relationships : letter to my younger self
Dear teenage Marlene, Of course it is painful when you realize that your friend(s) never really knew you. It hurts when you understand they never saw your distress, your problems at home, your sensitivities and…
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…