Blog Posts
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Special skill or handicap? Thoughts on ‘detail orientedness’ and alexithymia
I want to talk about a typically autistic talent: finding patterns in the weirdest places, combined with a difficulty to identify one’s emotions. A few weeks ago, I noticed a series of subtle differences in the movements and behavior of my neighbors : their car was there at hours it normally wasn’t, a window that
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What if all those labels bother you?
Then read this and try to let it sink in for a moment. A pure piece of wisdom. Of course this is valid for al the other “labels” that are being named “fashionable” or simply considered nonsensical by so many. Thank you so much, Acyuta Gopi, for shining your beautiful light ! “ππππ© ππ ππ‘π‘
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On coming AUT of the closet
I just found this picture in an Autism support group and it made me feel like writing about coming AUT of the closet. Many autistics like this meme because I think at some point we all can relate. Sometimes I have felt frustration as per the reactions (or lack thereof) received following my ‘coming aut’
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About my autism diagnosis
disclaimer : my website is called ‘Healing Room’ because I want to offer a safe space for people who work on healing, be it from a traumatic (undiagnosed) past or newer difficulties such as the grieving process that can take place when a new diagnosis presents one with the need to re-invent oneself, while also
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Late Autism Diagnosis and trauma (C-PTSD)
le site de Marlene en franΓ§ais se trouve ici This is an article I wrote in August 2020, some 2 months after my diagnosis. A question I hear often: βWhy is there so much trauma around having been an undiagnosed autistic child and youngster?β Let me try to explain. I have high sensitivity, my senses