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Sleep Strategies

Image is a photo of a full moon in a dark starry sky

#AskingAutistics What are your top tips for getting to sleep and staying asleep?

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)September 14, 2020September 14, 2020Posted inBody, Florence Neville, Home, Individual Environments, Individual Health Practices, Mind, Understanding NeedsTags:actuallyautistic, allautistics, autism, autistic, autistic health, autistic wellbeing, sleep, sleep strategies

Pilates for Autistic Bodies

Photo of flat pebbles balanced in a pile on the beach

I am an autistic woman, I have been working in the autism field as a mentor, adviser and advocate for many years but I trained as a Pilates teacher in 2016 with the aim of providing more autism friendly teaching and classes.

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)July 24, 2020July 24, 2020Posted inBody, Individual Health Practices, Karen-Anne Manghan, Mind, Understanding NeedsTags:autism, autistic, autistichealth, autisticwellbeing, autisticwellness, pilates

Joy

Image is of a sunrise over mountains

Joy, Morning joy, I’m always up before the birds and the sun, Always been a morning person, Partly due to a strategy developed in my early twenties, To hit the deck as soon as my eyes opened, In order to avoid falling into the depressive abyss.

I often lived inside of

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)March 18, 2020Posted inHome, Individual Environments, Kristy Forbes, Mind, Understanding NeedsTags:actuallyautistic, adhd, autism, autistic adult, autistic wellbeing, neurodiversity

Routine

Honouring my inflexible adherence to routines actually enables me to be more flexible when I need to be, not less.

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)February 24, 2020February 22, 2021Posted inFlorence Neville, Mind, Understanding NeedsTags:actuallyautistic, autism, autistic adult, autistic bloggers, autistic wellbeing, routines1 Comment on Routine

Falling mask, sights unseen.

Image shows a willow tree overhanging a lake or river

With a late autism diagnosis, I am learning to better identify my sensory landscape, and to understand how social interactions work (or don’t).

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)February 19, 2020February 24, 2020Posted inHelen Carmichael, Mind, Understanding NeedsTags:actuallyautistic, autism, autistic wellbeing, masking

Option D

Image is of an unmade bed under a window with slatted blinds

“If I don’t actively carve out time to be inactive, I fall apart.”

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)January 22, 2020February 24, 2020Posted inFlorence Neville, Home, Individual Environments, Understanding NeedsTags:actuallyautistic, allautistics, autistic health, autistic wellbeing1 Comment on Option D

Understanding Needs

Image is of a diary, smartphone and headphones on a scarred wooden table

In 2019 I carried out a study to explore how late-diagnosed autistic women (like me) managed their health and wellbeing. This is the first of four blog posts describing the themes I identified when analysing the interviews

Posted byflorence neville (she/her)November 19, 2019February 26, 2020Posted inBody, Mind, Understanding Needs3 Comments on Understanding Needs
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