Reasons You (Mistakenly) Believe Autistic People Are Selfish – Part 2 – Survival Mode
Autistic people aren’t selfish, we just process the world differently. Learn about survival mode and how autistic people experience the world.
Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Communicate more effectively with your autistic loved one.
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by jaimeaheidel · Published August 18, 2020 · Last modified August 24, 2020
Autistic people aren’t selfish, we just process the world differently. Learn about survival mode and how autistic people experience the world.
Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication
by jaimeaheidel · Published August 11, 2020 · Last modified August 14, 2020
Autistic people are literal. It’s just the way our brains are wired. We’re not winding you up or messing with you when we do exactly what you tell us.
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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.
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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.
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by jaimeaheidel · Published July 25, 2020 · Last modified December 19, 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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.