An Autistic Author

Recently one of the mums on of the group many groups I am on for support of SEN people mentioned the fact that their little one purposely causes harm to themselves by doing things such as banding their head against hard objects like walls and doors. This was actually something that I was thinking about recently as I used to do this myself.

It has been so long since I posted here, I had this need to be positive and when I couldn't I just usually didn't post... I'm struggling so much of late, and tbh, I'm just at my wits end with myself. Trigger alert, lots of negative talk about autism here. Maybe some swearing... I apologise in advance.

So, I guess I've never really thought about the financial aspects of having a child with autism in too much detail before, but maybe it's time I did! 

I often see parents of people with autism say things along the lines of ‘he isn’t ready to date’ ‘what if they can’t deal with getting their heart broken’ and my favourite is ‘it’s not worth the risk of him getting hurt’.

I find it interesting, the way some people in the world impose expectations on others. This is even more applicable when you take parents. Here is one thing that I hate, when we don’t meet those expectations, these made up rules that are imposed on we, we are shunned and looked down on.

You know one thing that really gets causes me issues these days is my shouting. I’m often questioned about it, ‘why do you shout so much’ and ‘Why are you shouting’ are things I hear on probably a daily basis.

After some thought I have decided a little bit of a life update is needed, I mean  a shed load of changes has happened since I was last active on here. I guess that’s normal with all  things considered.