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My goal here is to give you a reference point, a little context, to attempt to describe my positionality. Perhaps you could say this…
An Autistic Exploration of the Intersections of Trauma, Stress, & Autism
My goal here is to give you a reference point, a little context, to attempt to describe my positionality. Perhaps you could say this…
I want to begin this journey by saying that I have wanted to formally curate research and organize my own thoughts about autism, stress, and trauma for quite some time. Today I found the abstract highlighted below and decided the time was now. We need to be talking about autism and traumatic stress. We need … Continue reading Autism and Traumatic Stress – Gaps in Research
(image description: close-up photo of driftwood with shadows on it and a piece of grass. text reads AU with an exponent of Tr, meant to indicate how trauma impacts autism exponentially) Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress injuries. … Continue reading Resources on autism, disability, and child sexual abuse and exploitation
Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress injuries. Please read with caution and take good care of yourselves. The article below is worth archiving. As I am only beginning to hone my fundamentals in the area of autonomics, … Continue reading Study Highlight — HRV during sleep in autistic children
(image description: close-up photo of driftwood with shadows on it and a piece of grass. text reads AU with an exponent of Tr, meant to indicate how trauma impacts autism exponentially) Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress … Continue reading Beginning Thoughts on Routines, Agency, and Interoception
(image description: close-up photo of driftwood with shadows on it and a piece of grass. text reads AU with an exponent of Tr, meant to indicate how trauma impacts autism exponentially) Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress … Continue reading Sensory Trauma Changes Everything
Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress injuries. Please read with caution and take good care of yourselves. (I will try to add this content warning to all of my posts, but I might miss them sometimes! Please bear … Continue reading Beginning to Connect the Dots — Complex Trauma and Autism