This year piece is special one.
Autism Awareness and Acceptance Piece 2021:
A Female on the Spectrum:
Embracing My Differences instead of Looking at Them as Disability
I am willing answer any questions and comments you want to know about especially...
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Photography 30: Orange Flower in a Border with a logo for Ariel's Action Shots Photography
"The whole world is currently frustrated with last minute routine changes. No so fun, is it? -Autistic Everywhere"-Lauren Zdan
Calming stimming behaviors make it easier manage my anxiety because I am control overwhelming feelings that comes with anxiety. Most of my anxiety comes from feeling like I must hide my autistic traits or people will not understand the actual challenges I deal with. As female on spectrum, I learned how to hide those autistic traits that make me because other people will judge me because I am not typical autistic or what they think is typical. As female on the spectrum, I have learned to camouflage most of autistic traits, but it is stressful to hide those traits all the time. As adult I know it is not helpful for me to camouflage those traits because it leads me to anxious because I feel like in some situations that I still must do that.
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Photography 31: Sunset in a Border with a logo for Ariel's Action Shots Photography
"Stimming is like...turning down the radio when you smell something burning. It's a way of turning off the other senses so you can make sure nothing's burning."-Lamar Hardwick
The type of Autism that I have is Atypical Autism other known Pervasive Development Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and in 2013 the diagnosis when under Autism Spectrum Disorders. According to Kid Sense Child Development Center in Australia, PDD-NOS is referring a group of disorder characterized by impairment in the development of social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, imaginative activity and a limited number of interests and activities that tend to be repetitive. PDD-NOS is given to someone does not meet the full criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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