Category: Autism
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A Little Bit Of Spinning
Now when I say spinning I don’t mean, standing up, putting your arms out like you’re flying and spinning around and around until you fall down. No, when I say spinning, I’m referring to the exercise class where everyone rides a bike and is told to stand up or sit down. I went to one…
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I Don’t Give A F*CK
Okay let me get something straight, I don’t often swear, well I don’t actually swear at all, in fact my Mum washed my mouth out with soap once, when I was younger for swearing but I don’t hate her for that, in fact it’s made me a better person today. So why have I swore…
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The Art To Keeping Calm
Stress or anxiety, it’s so hard to get your head around, just this morning I’ve been so stressed and worried about different things in my life. The majority of my anxiety was when it came to filling in my passport details for my cruise. This was supposed to be a good thing, I’m going away…
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All You Need Is…Strength
So why did I get a tattoo with the word ‘strength’ on it? Why did I choose this word? I could have chosen any word but I chose this word. I could have chosen the word ‘love’, I could have chosen the word ‘happy’ or ‘imagine’ or anything really that stands out but no, I…
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Live, Laugh, Love London
I know, I’ve already written a blog called Live, Laugh, Love. I want to evident this though and explain how I had the best weekend in London with my Mum, living my most enjoyable life, laughing all the time and loving each other along the way. To start with, London itself brings a lot of…
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Anxiety, Anxiety, Anxiety
I’m sat here starting to write this blog post with snow hammering down outside, I’m feeling anxious as anything as I know I have to go out in it today. I’m worried the snow will start settling meaning it makes it difficult to drive, I’m worried there could be something wrong with the car as…
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Walking For Wellbeing
How many steps do you do in a day? How often do you get out in the fresh air? How often do you say to yourself “I’m going for a walk”? These questions are so, so important, walking or just simply getting out in the fresh air is so, so important especially if you’re struggling…
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Through My Autistic Eyes
I was once going to write a book called “In My Eyes”, this was going to explore the difficulties I have living with Aspergers or autism for that matter. I wanted to go deeper into this and explore what I’m really thinking in certain difficult scenarios as an autistic person. Instead of masking the situation,…
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Live, Laugh, Love
You may have noticed these words hanging around my blog, in fact if you look on the homepage they are right at the top, in fact these words mean so much to me that I now have them tattooed on my left arm. Yes, that’s right, I have them tattooed on my arm in the…
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Sunnyside Up
Before we start, I’d just like to clarify one thing, this blog has absolutely nothing to do with eggs, however it does have everything to do with The Sunnybank Trust, a charity who support adults with learning disabilities. Earlier this month, I had a message from Jon who asked whether I would like to do…
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Push Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
One thing autistic people do time and time again is break outside their comfort zone, whether it be going to a party and having to socialise, catching a bus or for some just walking outside the house. In fact, my book is full of examples of where I’ve broken my comfort zone including asking companies…
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It’s Like I’m…Buffering
I attended a fantastic workshop yesterday organised by Kingwood. Kingwood provide support for people with Aspergers and autism, click here to find out more about them. Anyway, the workshop I attended was on ‘Social Communication’ and as I’m on the autistic spectrum it really gave me an insight into better ways to communicate socially. If…
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