The Autistic Innovator

Kelsey provides beauty and wellness services with her business Moon Kitties Studios. She is talented at what she does and has worked hard to get where she is with her business now.

If you have been wondering what reasonable accommodations you can ask for in the workplace, I have some resources for you.

You may be at a point in your life where you don’t know what you will do next. Especially when unexpected changes come up, which aren’t always easy to embrace when you’re autistic.

It is important we remember that each goal, no matter how great or seemingly insignificant, takes time and a decision each day to work towards what you want in life.

We can accomplish everything we want as long as we look at our goals as actionable realistic steps.

You may have dreams for your future and things you’d like to accomplish in your life. Knowing how to achieve success can be the hardest part.

Sometimes the secret to success is when passion meets purpose.

Finding the reasons behind our passion can be an important factor in achieving our goals.

You may realize you’ve given too much of your strength to everyone else and have come to where you have forgotten who you are - who you used to be.

Especially if you are an autistic person, you may have spent so much of your life masking that you might not know who you are.

Alexithymia is a series of traits where a person cannot recognize or understand their own emotions. People with alexithymia may have difficulties expressing their emotions.

Our brains will respond to situations and images the same way a person without alexithymia does, we just cannot recognize that it is an emotion, nor describe what the emotion feels like.

You may ask, “how do I create a visual schedule I can stick to?”

We autistic adults can buy a regular paper planner, attempt to use it for a couple of days, and we end up even more overwhelmed because it’s not specific enough to help us manage our lives.

We give up on the planner and try to find a smart phone app, but we still feel our productivity is lacking.

This leads to a cycle of shaming ourselves, because yet again, we didn’t stick to the schedule we created.

If you’ve ever thought, “I think my cat has autism,” you’ve come to the right place.

You may question whether you are autistic and wonder if autism is the reason you feel so different from everyone else, as if you are from a different planet.

The people we encounter can make it difficult for us to accept who we are, especially if we keep being told who we are is wrong.

I am autistic, same as you, so I know about masking from personal experience.

Blake Baumann is a life and success coach for young adults with autism through his business ASPIE-R.

He has the passion, experience, and drive to provide resources and help for autistic young adults who may not find help elsewhere.

All of us autistic adults know we work best when we live our lives with routine. It helps ease executive dysfunction, can reduce stress and anxiety, and it can lessen...