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a. What neurological minority does the girl belong to? b. What are the tips she gives useful for? c. Does she feel in control of her condition?

Practical strategies to control my ASD.

I wanted to share with you some of the strategies I use to deal with my ASD.

1.Have something in my pocket to fiddle /squeeze This could be anything depending on what texture you like better. I usually keep a scrunched piece of paper. Sometimes it is a plain piece of paper or sometimes it has thoughts on it. Either way, having something to squeeze helps me not to rely on physical stimuli as much.

2.Clean my head I find that I have lots of different thoughts in my head at once and sometimes they become overwhelming. These thoughts tend to be more negative. So instead of keeping them in my head I write them down in continuous prose, so that every single word in my head leaves my brain.For some reason, my thoughts look more irrelevant on paper.

3.0bserve before acting Having a lack of social understanding means that, in every situation,I must work harder than "neurotypicals" to react. So, I watch, I watch everything,, every single micro detail. I analyze, I stage and predict everything that could happen then and only then do I act. It spares me a lot of drama and maybe not only people with ASD need to do this.

4.Creating scripts In order to be able to observe and act, I need scripts. Scripts are drawn from my previous interactions and stored in my mind so that when similar situations s happen again, I can use these scripts to be able to act in social situations. Though I personally find it hard to adapt these scripts to very different situations,, I can only use a script if there are minor changes.

This listing has really helped me realize that I actually do quite well for myself. I'm sure others might benefit from the same. I hope you find this list useful!

Thanks for reading. Peace out!

Adapted from: Autiwomandifferentbox, ~. (2017, March 19). Being in control of my autism:

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