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Managing Eye Contact when Passing Strangers on the Street

EYE CONTACT in ASD

Managing Eye Contact when Passing Strangers on the Street

Don’t know what to do with your eyes as a stranger walks your way on a sidewalk? Here are simple solutions; no need to keep wondering anymore.

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My Autistic Resting Bitch Face Is NONE of Your Business

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

My Autistic Resting Bitch Face Is NONE of Your Business

As an autistic woman I don’t owe a stranger a neurotypical face. By the same token, an NT woman with a serious face doesn’t owe strangers a smile, either.

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Meeting the Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Surreal

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Meeting the Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Surreal

How could I have the same disorder – autism spectrum — as someone who hardly speaks, needs constant supervision and has meltdowns over small changes?

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Racial Ambiguity, Colorism, Mixed Races: Autistic Special Interest

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, SPECIAL INTERESTS

Racial Ambiguity, Colorism, Mixed Races: Autistic Special Interest

I’m autistic, deeply fascinated by racial ambiguity, colorism, the way people look whose parents are different races.

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If You’re Autistic Would You Come Back NT in Your Next Life?

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

If You’re Autistic Would You Come Back NT in Your Next Life?

If you’re autistic imagine an angel appears at your deathbed and offers the chance to return in another life but as a neurotypical. Would you go for it?

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What’s this Crusty Stuff in My Ear that Keeps Recurring?

SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS

What’s this Crusty Stuff in My Ear that Keeps Recurring?

Are you noticing crusty areas inside the folds of your ear and even on the lobe and/or behind the ear? Does it feel lumpy but can be picked off?

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Occasional Tender Spot on the Palm of Your Hand?

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Occasional Tender Spot on the Palm of Your Hand?

Is an occasional tender spot on the palm of your hand something to worry about?

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Why I Was Hoping So Bad for an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, LATE DIAGNOSED AUTISM

Why I Was Hoping So Bad for an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis

Getting denied an autism diagnosis would’ve crushed me. I didn’t know what I was going to do if the examiner told me I was neurotypical.

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Why Women Take the Locker Right Next to Yours at the Gym

GYM ETIQUETTE

Why Women Take the Locker Right Next to Yours at the Gym

There’s dozens of unused lockers, yet there’s a padlock right beside yours nearly every time in the gym locker room. What’s the psychology behind this?

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Does Modern Living Make Autism Spectrum a Disability?

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Does Modern Living Make Autism Spectrum a Disability?

Because humans didn’t evolve to embrace fluorescent lights or noisy crowds in enclosed spaces; makes you wonder how many with autism breezed through life before modern technology.

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