Author: jaimeaheidel

Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions

October 3, 2024

7 Natural Autistic Traits You’re Mistaking for Arrogance

“If your nose were any further in the air, when it rained, you’d drown!” “You think you know everything, don’t you?” “Nobody can tell you anything!” “You always have an answer for everything!” As...

Better Communication / Common Misconceptions

September 4, 2024

How to Be a Better Friend to an Autistic Person (As Suggested by Autistic People)

Are you just getting to know an autistic person? Here are 10 ways you can be a better friend to an autistic person.

Business & Employment

July 13, 2024

5 Ways An Autistic Consultant Can Benefit Your Business and Your Bottom Line

Employ autistic staff? Learn how to communicate more effectively with your neurodivergent employees by hiring an autistic advisor!

Autistic Characteristics / Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Parent & Child Communication / Trauma & PTSD

January 30, 2024

The Child, the Chair, and the Lake – The Importance of Accommodating Autistic Literal Thinking to Provide Emotional Safety

If your autistic child thinks literally, it’s quite common. Learn how to accommodate literal thinking in autistic people and prevent trauma.

Interviews

November 18, 2023

Spectrum Tech Trade School – An Emerging Non-Profit That Prepares Autistic Students for a Lifetime of Supported Independence

Spectrum Tech Trade School is an emerging non-profit school for autistic students to achieve a lifetime of supported independence.

Better Communication / Common Misconceptions / Dating & Relationships / Parent & Child Communication / Trauma & PTSD

November 15, 2023

Your Autistic Loved One Doesn’t Know What You’re Reacting To, and It’s Causing Trauma

When people who have little experience with mental illness hear the term ‘complex PTSD’, their minds automatically conjure images of sustained physical abuse or one major traumatic life event that permanently altered one’s nervous...