Communicate more effectively with your autistic loved one.
Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships
by jaimeaheidel · Published August 5, 2020 · Last modified August 7, 2020
Do autistic people have trouble telling right from wrong? Socially, yes. Morally, no. This common misconception can cause a lot of misunderstandings.
Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published July 26, 2020 · Last modified August 5, 2020
You may think you’re being blunt and direct with your autistic loved one, but you might not be. Your last straw is often our first clue that something is wrong.
Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication / Questions & Answers
by jaimeaheidel · Published July 25, 2020 · Last modified August 5, 2020
Why does your autistic loved one blurt out words at the most inopportune times? We don’t see it that way. We’re not rude, we’re trying not to forget!
Better Communication / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published July 15, 2020 · Last modified July 25, 2020
You absolutely must be blunt with an autistic person if you want us to understand your feelings, thoughts, and needs. Please. You’re not being rude. We need this.
Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication / Questions & Answers / Reprinted Articles / Trauma & PTSD
by jaimeaheidel · Published July 12, 2020 · Last modified July 17, 2020
Why do autistic and neurotypical people confuse each other so much when trying to interact? Because we are speaking two different social languages, and neither of them are wrong!
Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published June 5, 2020 · Last modified July 30, 2020
Autistic people often thinking in black-and-white, all-or-nothing ways. This can cause misunderstandings between autistic people and neurotypical people.
Autistic Characteristics / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published June 2, 2020 · Last modified July 30, 2020
Things don’t exist to me unless I need them. This is my autistic perspective on why many of us can’t “see” what’s right in front of us.
Love isn’t ‘powering through the challenges’ while holding out hope that eventually the autistic person will change. Your friendship, kindness, and caring doesn’t yield a ‘reward’ of a non-autistic person in the end.
Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication / Trauma & PTSD
by jaimeaheidel · Published May 28, 2020 · Last modified July 30, 2020
Does “training” an autistic person to endure sensory triggers make them easier to endure? No. It forces the autistic person to do the only thing they can to survive: Disassociate their entire lives.
Better Communication / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published May 28, 2020 · Last modified July 30, 2020
“Why can’t you just…?” When you say this to an autistic person, it’s the same as asking a blind person why they can’t see. We are wired differently, and we always will be.
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