This was written the very beginning of this July Yesterday was a mess. At least enough of it was to where I put off writing and posting about it until today. The morning started innocently enough. It was my first anniversary with @cabracuerno and we were excited to celebrate with my dog off in the hills. The plan was to …
Journal: Crafts, Tacos and Hammocks
*Photo Caption: Close up of my breakfast. Taco meat, avocado, red onion and home made tortilla chips fried in beef fat The last few days have been a bit rough. Since the drama more or less I’ve been either hard to motivate or making little mistakes. Today I made a trip to town for a package that hadn’t actually arrived …
Journal 2: Autistic Misunderstanding in Paradise
Autistic Misunderstanding Happens My life in many ways has been a string of autistic misunderstandings. The last 6 months I’ve spent a lot of my time researching autism mostly because it’s one of the biggest research rabbit holes I’ve ever encountered. I joined a bunch of autism support groups and from reading the experiences of others I learn something new …
Journal Day One: Identifying Autistic Inertia
Today starts an experiment of sorts inspired by learning about something called autistic inertia. Two years ago I showed nearly all of my adventures on Steemit and in detail. When I lost everything after the murder(story you’ll find in my book to come) there was one small silver lining. Picking up the Pieces See while I lost access to my …
So Your Loved One Might Be Autistic, How to Respond
Autism like anarchy is almost a dirty word because of some of the connotations that come with it. It’s true that the societal view of “autism” does not accurately portray the reality for most autistic people. This is something I’ve become aware of sense I delved into this world. I discovered my autism almost 2 years ago but only have …
Autism and the Carnivore Diet: A Journey to Self Discovery
Highly Functional originally started as a concept that I used to use to describe myself, specifically my nature to smoke lots of cannabis and get lots of things done. It still holds this connotation to me although I’ve been working on changing my relationship with Cannabis. In the last year I am finally starting to understand and accept my autistic …