Heather Cook

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On Autistic Stress

Autistics get stressed out by a lot more things than most people, and what stresses us, and why, is often surprising to others. Here’s the critical first step to helping.

A list of strengths written out with simplistic yellow drawings above them. They are as listed "clear passions, self-soothing, good memory, special reasoning, sense of justice, entertains self, predictable, problem solving, consistent, outside the box thinking, keeping tidy, super focus, curious, attention to detail, academic success, honest, direct, logical reasoning."

Autistic Strengths

Autism isn’t just challenges. There are some wonderful strengths and attributes as well.

A list of behaviours written out with simplistic yellow drawings above them. They are as listed "socializing, stimming, not listening, meltdowns, school, not coming out of bedroom, pointing instead of talking, tummy troubles, transitions, brushing teeth, bedtime, body awareness, picky eating, rigid thinking, attention and distraction, going shopping, excessive video games, anger issues."

What’s Behind Challenging Behaviors?

Do you find autistic meltdowns challenging? Or rigid thinking, hiding in the bedroom, excessive video gaming, anger issues, etc.? Want to know what’s really going on?