Category: English
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Blog post nr. 6: monotropism, hyperfocus and special interests
1. Monotropism Monotropism is an autistic trait. The research article «Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism” by Murray, Lesser and Lawsen, argues that it could be central to understanding all autism traits. So, what exactly is it and how does it affect the way Autistic people think and process the world around them?…
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Blog post nr. 5: Sensory Sensitivity
A word that has always been used to describe me is sensitive. I feel my emotions deeply, I’m sensitive to stress and I’m also sensitive to other people’s negative comments and behavior. This aspect of my sensitivity has always been clear to me, in both good ways and bad ways. However, another aspect of my…
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Blog Post nr. 4: The Autism Spectrum
Some of you may have heard about the Autism Spectrum, but what exactly is this spectrum? The idea of autism as a spectrum is the model that gives us an understanding of the variation between Autistic people, despite the traits we have in common. The notion of what this spectrum looks like however has changed…
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Post nr. 3: What is autism?
If I were to describe my own autism without using the diagnostic criteria, I would say that it’s like living as a mind-being. My autistic experience is primarily feeling that there is a barrier between the physical world and the mind world. I live in the mind world. The physical world can be reached, but…
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Post nr. 2: Neurodiversity
Autism – a part of the world’s neurodiversity Neurodiversity is a political term that was coined by the sociologist Judy Singer at the end of the 90s. This concept describes the limitless variability of human cognition. Every person alive today, as well as every person who has ever existed, has a unique brain and cognition.…
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Post nr. 1: Introduction
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Caroline, I’m Norwegian and I was diagnosed with autism (ASD) at 27 (four years ago). I have always known that I was different and that I struggled with things and situations that most others didn’t. Life has always been difficult for me for reasons that I…
Autism Diversity 