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Continue reading →: The Autistic Spectrum
One of the first things I learned about being an Autistic person was that there was always going to be people that compare me to their Autistic (child/ uncle/ neighbour/ cat/ hamster’s cousin). I’ve had many conversations with parents who’ll say things like “my son is Autistic and it’s just…
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Continue reading →: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)
One thing about me that’s been consistent throughout my entire life is that I hate feeling embarrassed. In any way shape or form. Messing up my words, getting something wrong, giving an incorrect answer, slipping, falling, being drunk, etc. Nope. No thanks. I’d rather not be seen at all than…
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Continue reading →: Why Autism Research is Important
Being a late diagnosed AuDHD adult, I spent most of my life and all of my developmental years masking. I’d basically been supressing parts of myself for so long all because other people didn’t understand them and thought my traits were ‘weird’ or ‘disturbing’. Constantly being told as a child…
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Continue reading →: Shutdowns
In a recent post, I wrote about meltdowns and how I experience them. I, like many other autistic people, can also experience shutdowns. It’s very rare I shutdown but when I do, it’s almost like every bit of light that made me Me has gone out. In my brain, it’s…
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Continue reading →: Meltdowns
Yesterday, I experienced a brutal meltdown that left me in tears and my poor partner (who hasn’t been feeling well at all) a little bit confused. It was seemingly out of the blue to him but he pushed his confusion to the side and handled it so brilliantly! Because meltdowns…
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Continue reading →: Why can’t I just…?
I think I’ve spent my entire adult life beating myself up over the most basic things to be honest. I’m still doing it now. I know what it is and why I am the way that I am but sometimes, I can’t help but look at people like my boyfriend,…
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Continue reading →: Losing my Job…
A while ago, back in 2022 when I had just finished uni, I was really struggling to find work. I was with the Job Centre and on all these sites just applying to pretty much anything just so I could save up and move out. Eventually, I was just emailing…
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Continue reading →: Making Friends as a Teen
Growing up, I was one of those girls that said I get along with boys better than girls. Because it was true! But I never really understood why that was. It’s not like I never made an effort trying to be friends with girls and it’s certainly not because ‘boys…
Hello,
I’m Abby!
AuDHD and Me is a blog about my experiences dealing with Autism and ADHD! In sharing my journey, I’m hoping I can help you on yours!