Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic

Communicate more effectively with the autistic people in your life

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Understanding Neurotypicals

5 Things Neurotypical People Say and What They Really Mean

For most neurotypical people, asking someone for help directly is as uncomfortable to them as overhead lights and sudden, loud noises are to us. It’s painful. 

It’s ingrained into the very fiber of their being that to be direct is to be rude and unempathetic, so they make these statements hoping the hidden request will be fulfilled.

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Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication / Trauma & PTSD

Your Autistic Loved One Doesn’t Know What You’re Reacting To, and It’s Causing Trauma

When people who have little experience with mental illness hear the term ‘complex PTSD’, their minds automatically conjure images of sustained physical abuse or one major traumatic life event that permanently altered one’s nervous...