An autistic person’s guide to the fruit of the Spirit Part 9: Self-control But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. "Self-control—or the ability to subdue one's impulses, emotions, and behaviours to achieve long-term goals—is what separates modern people …
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An autistic person’s guide to the fruit of the Spirit Part 3: Peace But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. The Biblical idea of peace is not just about the absence of conflict we can think of it …
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Autistic burnout. I got this idea and blog title from Neurodivergent Rebel, and like her, I can only really say how burnout affects me. Burnout is defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. With autistic people, it can be less prolonged than that. I always stress …
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I have autism. My brain is wired differently to most people. I want to blog about my problems dealing with the world. (Please, other Autistic people, if any of this is myth, legend or just-plain-wrong please let me know. I have no psychological qualifications, I'm just an autistic person sharing his thoughts.) Sensory Occasionally this …
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This has nothing to do with a Swedish pop group of the 1970s, but with the controversial treatment of autism in children Applied Behaviour Analysis or ABA. I'm writing now because I almost had a meltdown in church after the service. Then later that week #TodayInABA started appearing in my Twitter feed. Such as this …
