Funkonovo/Allison's autism Blog

 Caption: A burned out, white autistic woman  Content Warning: Mention of suicide and depression. Please don't read this if you are upset by these topics and/or are in a bad place mentally. I'm not the kind of autistic person that has friends (plural). I'm the autistic person, long out of high school who sits home all day with TV as company. I'm not the autistic adult thriving on social media, a place where I have been bullied by both autistic and allistic (non autistic) people. I am the autistic person without a tribe. There is no real place of personal acceptance for me. I'm the autistic person who has high support needs without having an IQ below 70. I'm the autistic person who rocks or performs some kind of stim constantly to alleviate high anxiety. I'm not that thriving autistic adult who has some kind of community support while attending college and/or interviewing for or working a job. I'm not that autistic Millennial you read so much ...

Autistic woman's face in black & white with color text descriptions of how her autism affects her. I will let this image I created using Pixteller speak for itself. Share if you find this helpful. Make your own for free@ Pixteller.com

I have had medical therapy for my hyper-acute hearing. I also wear passive headphones and/or earplugs as the therapy could not help me 100%. It is called Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. TRT primarily helps those suffering from Tinnitus, but also benefits those with hyperacusis (I was diagnosed at age 10, but no therapies existed to treat it). To find God, I think He had to work all the distractions and perversions out of me. I have found the comfort and encouragement in Him that an autism support group never could have hoped to hold a candle to. All they did was cyber-bully me, parents of kids with autism because I politely disagreed with a speaker they wanted at a future meeting. There is much more I would like to touch on, and I have on my blog, “autisticaplanet blogs”. I began blogging on Blogger back in 2009 before moving to Wordpress and back to Blogger again last fall. It has grown to include my growing interest in nature photography. I hope you will visit. I am not a “long dist...

Matching earring and necklace set in pink. gold and gray. I love to wear jewelry. My mother loved jewelry. I must have inherited this trait from her. I often do mix and match, but during a stressful event such as PMS . Something in my brain doesn't allow me to deal with mixing, only matching. Knowing this, I have a few matching necklace and earring sets. They are the "go to items" I wear when OCD has a grip on me. Department stores such as Kohls (where I shop) has plenty of affordable costume jewelry , including surgical steel earring backs. Cubic Zirconia or any clear crystal will go with anything. If you have any go-tos for stressful times in your life, figure out what they are and use them. It is a great coping tool.