Autistic and Living the Dream

Tag: Abuse

  • Stop the shock: An update before the next protest

    Stop the shock: An update before the next protest

    Due to the organisation of Stop the Shock Protest and Hill Day, on May 22nd (12-5 PM) on Boston Commons, adjacent Park Street Station. I thought I would reshare the hideous atrocities within the Judge Rotenberg Center. Content warning: abuse, neglect, ableism, death, and systemic rascism. The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC), in Canton, Massachusetts, is…

  • Knocking over the gaslight

    Knocking over the gaslight

    Autistic people are constantly being gaslit by others, we are constantly being told what we think or feel is incorrect: “It’s not too loud” “It doesn’t hurt” “Don’t be so sensitive” Or we are made to feel like a burden when we no longer can eat our safe foods or same routines. From a young…

  • My thoughts on Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism

    My thoughts on Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism

    Content warning: eating disorder, mental health, sexual abuse, rape, self harm, suicide ideation, institutionalisation and ableism. Christine McGuinness shares an intimate look at her journey to Autistic realisation and the wider implications for Autistic women and girls who are going under the radar. She said she: “was really nervous about doing a documentary that was…

  • I won’t apologise for my neurotype

    I won’t apologise for my neurotype

    I will apologise for things I’ve done wrong and I’ll do my best to grow and change with whatever new information I’ve been graced with. I don’t know everything, I’m not perfect and life is bloody hard. So I try not to be so hard on myself. There is one thing I absolutely will not…

  • Arguing in a room by myself

    Arguing in a room by myself

    Something I’ve been working on for a while and it’s a habit that is really hard to kick – not taking questions from others as them being antagonistic or belittling me. This is hard as it has been my experience since I was little. I have always had someone devaluing what I say, being dismissive…