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The Self Advocating Autistic Pauline Harley

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Autism as a cultural identity

Mar 29

Comparison of perspectives: a diverse set of emotions and experiences represented by colorful dots on the left, labeled as ‘someone’s day,’ versus the simplified views from others labeled as ‘what we see’ and ‘what we assume,’ depicted by fewer yellow dots.

Mar 29

My Son is Not Rainman

I wasn’t either, yet I was more akin to the human nature of autistic boys as a daughter.

Feb 15

A book opening page stating, ‘I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once, to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world.’

Feb 15

A Slow Start

That accelerated, and it needs a slower restart.

Feb 11

A Slow Start

Feb 11

A Silent Order

A sensory reset

Jan 21

A Silent Order

Jan 21

A Gorgeous Time

And a wee story…

Jan 18

A Gorgeous Time

Jan 18

Autism Through the Lens of My Sensory Pyjamas

A reflective stitch in time

Jan 11

Old pyjamas with holes in them being hand stitched

Jan 11

The Comfort of Comfort Zones

A counterintuitive approach: no more updates

Jan 7

The Comfort of Comfort Zones

Jan 7

Making or Breaking Baking…

Banana Bread and some other random bits of life

Oct 31, 2023

riped banana on pink surface

Oct 31, 2023

A Hairy Reminder…

Of masking and conditioning

Oct 27, 2023

A woman with wild curly brushed put hair wearing glasses and red lipstick

Oct 27, 2023

Self Truth Decay

If we delay our truth, we decay our truth

Oct 18, 2023

A copy of the Book The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani.

Oct 18, 2023

The Self Advocating Autistic Pauline Harley

The Self Advocating Autistic Pauline Harley

Sharing Lived Experiences From My Autistic Lens to Help People Become More Confident Self Advocates | Writer | Self Advocacy and Wellbeing Facilitator |

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