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A Different Year – A Different Focus

New beginnings and focus for a new year. Recapping what I learned last year.

Posted byroryreckonsJanuary 6, 2022January 6, 2022Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health, OCD, personalTags:ADHD, autism, mental health, personalLeave a comment on A Different Year – A Different Focus

How to Break and Remake a Person

An outline of my book for those interested.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 29, 2021December 5, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health, OCD, personalTags:ADHD, autism, mental health1 Comment on How to Break and Remake a Person

Interest is required for memory encoding – it can be positive or negative

Hyperfocus brain is not always our friend when we feed it with bad information.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 24, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental healthTags:ADHD, mental healthLeave a comment on Interest is required for memory encoding – it can be positive or negative

The limits of empathy – on compassion

Compassion is a logical, intuitive, or logically intuitive willingness to act with kindness toward someone else.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 23, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental healthTags:ADHD, autism, mental healthLeave a comment on The limits of empathy – on compassion

A brain that auto-solves

I have a black box brain a lot of the time, you throw random data in, it gives you a solution when doing something else. Passive problem solving.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health, Twitter UnrollTags:ADHD, autism, mental health1 Comment on A brain that auto-solves

Sticks and stones may break my bones but names are trauma too

Social pain and physical pain aren’t that different. They hurt just as much to those who feel shame.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 21, 2021November 21, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:ethics, mental health2 Comments on Sticks and stones may break my bones but names are trauma too

To Parents Who Home-School their ADHD or Autistic Children, and those that cannot.

The most important thing is you love your kid and try your best – that is the best you can do.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 18, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental healthTags:ADHD, autism, mental healthLeave a comment on To Parents Who Home-School their ADHD or Autistic Children, and those that cannot.

On the loss of autonomy and the danger of ABA, my family ‘ABA’ & my Father

Autonomy is the most vital thing for Autistic people’s safety. Respect it.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 18, 2021November 18, 2021Posted inadvocacy, autism, mental health, personalTags:autism, ethics, mental healthLeave a comment on On the loss of autonomy and the danger of ABA, my family ‘ABA’ & my Father

Rebuilding the citadel

Sometimes you can get yourself back – even after nearly three decades of forgetting who you are underneath.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 17, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health, OCD, personalTags:ADHD, autism, mental health1 Comment on Rebuilding the citadel

What can happen when you eliminate stims

The dangers of elimination of stimming behaviour – be careful what you “wish” for.

Posted byroryreckonsNovember 16, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health, OCD, personal, Twitter UnrollTags:ADHD, autism, mental health, OCDLeave a comment on What can happen when you eliminate stims

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