For many people, getting older means getting a bit “weightier” — and I don’t mean we get more serious. By my third year in a doctoral program, my weight was 220 pounds. I likely weighed more for a time, as even my 40-inch waist jeans were snug. My autistic traits…
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Podcast Episode 0087, Season 5, Episode 18; 10 May 2022 Sleep, Autism Parenting, and More with George Bailey George Bailey is a father of five children, two of whom are autistic. He and his wife are also Neurodiverse; George has ADHD and his wife is a self-diagnosed autistic. He earned…
Podcast Episode 0050; Season 04, Episode 14; December 15, 2020 Self-Care is Self-Preservation When does being autistic mean we’re disabled? Autism becomes a disability when we cannot perform routine daily functions, either for fun or work. Daniel Sansing and Ben Sorensen discuss the autistic need for self-care. Autistic masking and struggles to “fit” into groups leave…
Podcast Episode 0039; Season 04, Episode 03; September 15, 2020 I’ve always been anxious. I was probably born anxious. Is that an autistic trait? It seems to be one I share with most autistics I meet. An Anxious Autistic Me, Aging Welcome to The Autistic Me Podcast. I am Christopher Scott Wyatt,…
Podcast Episode 0033; Season 03, Episode 05; November 12, 2019 Getting to sleep and staying asleep are difficult for me and many autistics. Our daughters also struggle to fall asleep; they don’t remain asleep, either. We’ve tried melatonin, relaxation techniques, and quiet bedtime routines. A parent asked me for advice, but…
Neglecting The Autistic Me blog and podcast was not my intention with my return to teaching, but that’s been one of the costs. Trying to triage my schedule and to-do list has required prioritizing teaching duties — particularly grading — that require far more than 40 hours per week. Teaching,…
Until the last year or so, I fought insomnia on a weekly, even nightly, basis. Stumbling into a regular sleep schedule for the last year has been nice. And now it seems to have ended. I’m back to a shifted, annoying, non-sleep schedule. I’ve tried wine, coffee (yes, it puts…
I hate the night. The insomnia I suffer slowly crushes the soul. It is an affliction that separates its victim from the normal members of society, a reversal of existence that leads to wandering at night alone and sleeping during the day when others are interacting. I read today that…
The running gag in Warner Bros. cartoons is that any product from Acme Corp. is far from the “acme” of its kind. Acme rockets are the Yugos of rocket science. Acme trebuchet? It slings the operator, not the stone, as poor Wile E. Coyote should realize by now. About the…
The thing I want most… sleep. I want at least a routine cycle of sleep, regardless of the hours. Instead, I sleep randomly and it annoys me. I’m exhausted much of the time when I am awake. To sleep… perchance to dream! I spent the last few hours learning about…