Strategies for dealing with out of control emotions
byWhat I’m learning from Kevin’s DBT classes. By Debra Muzikar The first Wednesday of each month at 4:00 PM Kurt and I drive to…
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An Autistic perspective: deep pressure and primal memory
byBy Debbie Denenburg Over the course of decades I have learned many coping strategies for all kinds of emotional situations which those of us…
What does heightened sensitivity mean to an Aspie?
byBy Sir Ashley Smith Textures, taste and touch; all the fantastic things about being autistic – or is it? One thing people know firstly…
Autism death and empathy
byby LeeAndra Chergey There is no perfect way to talk to anyone about death. Everyone feels, processes, and handles it differently, as if grief…
Autistic people don’t belong in jails and prisons. Take action today.
byby Debra Muzikar As I write this, a couple of my friends have children who are facing incarceration. Their children are autistic. Autistic people…
Jane Strauss speaks to passing – denying one’s identity and the damage it does
byI often wonder how children brought up with the emphasis on fitting in even survive, why they are not crushed by the weight of…
Storytelling, neuroscience, and healing trauma
byby Debra Hosseini “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi For the fourth time in as many years I’ve enrolled…
R.I.P. Rodger Casier artist extraordinaire: Crazy Art
byby Debra Hosseini Besides faded photographs, I own three things that belong to my Dad who passed in 1996 – his poker set, a…