When someone who experiences challenges decides to “leave the nest” of the home of their family and start a journey… READ MORE
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Last week near this time, the event, the first ever held by our county behavioral health office in correlation of… READ MORE
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Recently, I have begun to see the importance of all facets of wellness as it relates to me and my… READ MORE
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As human beings we are often creatures of habit. We cannot often see beyond what we know. Change is often… READ MORE
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Sometimes after we grow, we begin to learn. We begin to feel confident about making sound choices and becoming less… READ MORE
So, you may have wondered in the course of the past week, you may have noticed that I have written… READ MORE
I, like many, want to be well, regardless of years. I had a hard time accepting what I needed to… READ MORE
Keeping on track with yesterday’s blog of accepting Reality, what often follows up is a cause to react when confronted… READ MORE
Accepting the reality of where you are in life and what you need to work on can sting worse than… READ MORE
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For the month of April and Autism Awareness / Acceptance Month, I have been writing on how the acceptance of… READ MORE
Over the decades I have heard that a perceived trait of autistic behavior is acting out inappropriate behavior to get… READ MORE
Life is challenging. For me being autstic, managing all of the challenges life brings particularly in being well and independent… READ MORE
Part of maturing and adulting as you become independent is learning when you cannot feed into something because it isn’t… READ MORE
I am often told by those that support me in my journey to “give myself some grace.” For the longest… READ MORE
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Recently, I have been dealing with accepting my body image and being proud of it. It can be hard for… READ MORE
I continue to live the way I live in life because what I really want in life is held up… READ MORE
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Being autistic provides a skewed frame of mind. What may seem like something that is only experienced by the autistic… READ MORE
Recently, somebody asked me, does autism cause anger? I seriously had to choose my words wisely because while autism is… READ MORE
Being neurodiverse and experiencing multiple mental health challenges can present problems when you are out in a world that just… READ MORE
Getting healthy and losing weight can be a struggle. Getting started is the hardest thing about taking initiative to make… READ MORE
“You have the power to choose whether or not to make a spectacle out of something, but you must also think about whether it is worth it.”
~Dustin
Home to the writings of an autisitc man that has had his share of life experiences over four decades but has bounced back greatly from adverisity to live an everyday independent life.