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ASD Awareness - Part 2
I haven’t always known, but I experience burnouts and shutdowns. When I was at college, me having a burnout looked like I was isolating...
Ailsa
Apr 30
ASD Awareness - Part 1
April is Autism Acceptance/Awareness Month. Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disability, which affects a person’s...
Ailsa
Apr 29
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 7
I have always known that it shouldn’t matter what other people think about me, but I always have these thoughts in the back of my mind...
Ailsa
Dec 22, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 6
When we queried the effects of the medication with the doctor, they told us to stop the medicine immediately, just as the pharmacist...
Ailsa
Dec 21, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 5
In the early stages of taking the medication, I tried using my walking frame because the side effects were meant to go away, and I needed...
Ailsa
Dec 20, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 4
In May I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. As I said in the beginning, I knew that I had mental health issues from the age of 16...
Ailsa
Dec 19, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 3
I don’t have many friends; I only have three or four really good friends, and they mean the world; I honestly don’t know what I’d do...
Ailsa
Dec 18, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 2
At college, I made one friend in the class, but even though this may sound horrible, I didn’t feel like she was a true friend, more of an...
Ailsa
Dec 17, 2024
ASD, CP and Mental Health - Part 1
Written between 27 May and 12 December 2024 I only remember having three friends throughout primary school, and we soon drifted apart...
Ailsa
Dec 16, 2024
Stimming and Sensory Processing (Part 2)
Sensory processing often comes hand-in-hand with stimming because a lot of people with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) stim to...
Ailsa
Jun 11, 2023
Stimming and Sensory Processing (Part 1)
It has taken a lot to write and publish these blog posts because I worry about the reaction I will get, but here goes... When I was...
Ailsa
Jun 10, 2023
Finding Out Who I Really Am: Part 2
If you haven't read Part 1 yet, read it now! When I started college, I said some things that I am not proud of. I didn’t realise how my...
Ailsa
Apr 9, 2023
Finding Out Who I Really Am: Part 1
First of all, let me apologise for being so quiet on my blog last year and the first part of this year… I haven’t really had a chance to...
Ailsa
Apr 8, 2023
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