Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: I Am: An authentic autism family experience

Moz

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:03:51 +1200

An article on The Conversation today is relevant: https://theconversation.com/why-do-some-people-with-autism-have-restricted-interests-and-repetitive-movements-94401

Their coverage is generally better than the mass media, which is what you'd expect from a pop-academic site.

The point about focus as a way of suppressing anxiety is interesting, but for me personally that's not so much what I do.…

nzlemming

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:37:32 +1200

That's awesome. I spent literal days at a time as a teen painting my Chaos Eldar army.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Blood and souls for my Lord Arioch!

Sacha

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:37:08 +1200

wow. So rodents have smooth brains.

tussock

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:00:18 +1200

Read an interesting tidbit on the spectrum the other day.

Where was that ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrification

People with autism have more folds in the brain, here and there, which results generally in a thinner layer of neurons (as they only live at the surface of the brain, so more surface thins…

Rich Lock

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:49:54 +1200

Nice.

Now introduce him to Bolt Thrower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdGwoqq7kc

Moz

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:19:36 +1200

... couldn’t cope with had him in constant fight or flight mode. Can you imagine living that way?

Yeah, it's called "do you know where your father is", a game the whole family can play.

But on the original topic, it often feels awesome to come home and go into…

Russell Brown

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:43:27 +1200

Not bad from a few pieces of grey plastic. The “dirt” on the base is also his work. He had to design, print and then cut out a template for the shoulder armour stripes. They still came out a little imperfect, but these are tiny figures.

Sacha

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:34:35 +1200

a profound sense of regret

Same. Those I have hurt before I understood why, life opportunities missed.

81stcolumn

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:10:50 +1200

I’m quite glad that the world has changed for the better with respect to Autism though it still has a way to go.

i) It does seem to be getting better for everyone as my brain ages.

ii) Given the lack of knowledge about this when I was growing up…

Rich Lock

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:14:03 +1200

collecting and precisely painting Warhammer figurines

That's awesome. I spent literal days at a time as a teen painting my Chaos Eldar army.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Joshua Drummond

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:30:40 +1200

I don't have ASD but I can definitely talk to the anxiety, and it can be weird all right. Really glad your boys are doing well, with jobs and such. I know people with ASD and/or severe anxiety who are doing way better than anyone ever expected, and have even…

Jason Kemp

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:39:18 +1200

Thanks for the heads-up will look out for this programme. The longer I stay on this planet the more interesting it gets. We are all extraordinary and being able to get more insight from a well shared view is a great thing.

Russell Brown

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:10:26 +1200

And it’s only now that I have longer periods of time of not feeling like that that I can appreciate how savagely taxing it is to be that anxious all the time.

I don't have your experience, but I've seen that. I think it has impacts in all kind of…

Joshua Drummond

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:59:32 +1200

a threshold of constant stress and anxiety. I remember that: I’d touch my son’s skin and it would be hot. Hour after hour, day after day, stimuli he couldn’t cope with had him in constant fight or flight mode. Can you imagine living that way?

I can. That was me…

Hilary Stace

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:29:28 +1200

Thanks for this. This documentary seems to have had a largely positive response on Facebook from people with autism and families.

Of course the other side is is Ashley Peacock's situation – 40 and (still) locked up for much of the last 15 years, with long periods in seclusion -…

Public Address

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:29:28 +1200

Discussion from blog post.