Autism Support Check In : August 21 - 28
Hi all! Welcome to this weeks check in! 👋
Here are some questions for you to think about! If you feel comfortable, feel free to answer them below!
✨ What was something you struggled with last week?
✨ What is something you really enjoyed last week?
✨ What are some questions that you would like to see on the weekly check ins?
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1. stress
2. laying with dogs
@0B
Sorry to hear that you were stressed. Does anything help in those times?
Dogs are wonderful! I have two of my own
Not really sure, sometimes art does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes movies/shows does, and again don't. Haha
Cool!
🤪 What was something you struggled with last week?
I struggled with sleep and trying to remember to eat dinner.
🤩 What is something you really enjoyed last week?
Taking the time to draw more, I feel like I'm getting more ideas lately.
🤔 What are some questions that you would like to see on the weekly check ins?
My ideas:
1. How are you coping with sensory issues right now?
2. What helps you calm down when you need to?
3. What is a Autism "superpower" that you have (pattern recognition, good hearing ect)
4. Do you have a daily routine? If so, would you like to share?
5. What brings you comfort in your daily life?
6. What are your most common struggles that you face?
7. If you could give anyone a suggestion about Self-Care, what would it be?
8. Have you watched any content creators that are Autistic? Would you like to share?
9. What do you love about your Autism?
10. If you could tell your loved ones something right now, what would you say?
11. How are you feeling within this community?
12. What are your favorite hobbies? (Please info dump in one comment)
💙 Those are the ones who came to mind just as I wrote them 💙
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@AnnaSilverberg Yay Anna! Awesome to see you again 💜
Oh no sorry to hear about struggling with sleep 🙁. Its tough when we don't get enough sleep. What do you usually do to remind yourself to eat?
Ooh yay for drawing! Are there specific things that you usually draw or do you usually just let your imagination take you wherever it wants to go?
Thank you so much for all the question ideas! These are awesome! They sparked ideas for threads too away from Check Ins! As always, I will credit you if and when these are used!
Well, I usually try to remember to eat at the same time as I give Dog his food.
But I don't always have the ability to eat, right now I'm having jaw problems,
so only liquid food for me.
But I have bought some good food for when I'll be able to eat solid again
When it comes to drawing, I usually pick a couple of photos and mash them together,
or simply draw after another photo and put some uniqueness to it for myself.
I'll share one here that I drew some time ago =)
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@beck1
✨ What was something you struggled with last week?
Part of me was struggling to believe in myself. Even though I don't put my autism as a label but I still struggle with letting it be a part of me when it still feels like I'm just a "problem"
✨ What is something you really enjoyed last week?
I was mostly enjoying that I got to watch a new anime show that made me smile and feel hope again. even enjoyed being in the rain.
✨ What are some questions that you would like to see on the weekly check-ins?
One question I would want to know is, how do you unmask yourself?
1 meltdown because of pain
2 Eating my dinner outside
3 maybe a motivational quote at the end and a question to help come up with our own