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Out with the old, In with the new!

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  I apologize for being away for a while. You know about that desired change I wrote about. Well, a lot has happened during the past few months. It all started in February when a best friend called me about a job opportunity as a day porter paying $24 an hour with a corporate office company. Instead of working a scattered schedule and fighting to get more hours, I now work full-time with full benefits and a steady schedule. All I do is make coffee for scheduled conferences and all the break rooms, along with keeping track of the supplies. I work Monday through Friday 7-4 and having that as part of my routine feels great. The people that I work with are great too. Everyone talks to me and not to me. I also have the freedom to work on whatever task I need to without people asking me what I am doing unless they are being social with me. No one is pestering me. Also, my boss is great and easy to talk to. I no longer feel uneasy whenever my boss calls upon me. When she does it's mainly
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Short visit to Maryland

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I apologize for not posting last week. Let's just say I ran like a hobbit and went on an adventure. I went to Maryland for a wedding and a short vacation.  Here are some photos of the places that I had the pleasure of visiting. Some of these photos will be available for purchasing fairly soon on: https://www.naturallynaturephotography.com/ An update is currently happening. Also please feel free to leave comments on my blog. Another will be coming soon.       Maryland was wonderful. My husband and I went for only half a week but got to see so many things in this short time. We took a tour on a few ships such as the one shown below. This was located in the city of Baltimore along with Fort McHenry where we won the revolution and the inspiration for a song that moves the heart of the United States. You know the one; it begins with "Oh say can you see".      We also went to Washington D.C. for a day. May I say visiting D.C. is more than just a day trip?! There is just so much
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The Power of Acceptance

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  First of all, it's not easy for me to talk about autism. I feel vulnerable whenever I talk about it, and I never know how someone may react to it. Writing this blog, or my book even intimidates the hell out of me. It took me a long time to get comfortable in my own skin. It's not just learning that you have another disability up your butt, but the biggest thing is excepting it for yourself, and doing the research while dealing with discrimination, stereotypes, and overall ignorance. It's kind of ironic since I lived with, and grew out of some health conditions that can become life-threatening, and yet when I get diagnosed with a social disorder is when people start telling me what I am incapable of doing such as graduating high school with a diploma or getting married. One thing that I have learned in life is that for whatever reason people love to make people feel like crap just because they most likely feel like crap themselves or they're just that closed-minde
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About Myself

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  Here is a little of my background. I am writing an autobiography, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet if you don't mind. I was diagnosed with autism when I was 13-14 years old. It's a late age to find out I know, but growing up my parents and I went through a lot with me. I was born in the early 90s in Germany, then came over to the USA when I was only one year old. Starting from the day I was born, I suffered from health conditions starting with  Hydrocephalus and seizures. Because of this, I went through brain surgery three times in my life so far. Three too many, if you ask me. As for the seizures, they were just staring spells, but I had to go through EEG ( Electroencephalography) because of them. An EEG scans your brain activity to see if there is anything abnormal, such as seizures. They were fun to do because I got to stay up all night and sleep during the appointment while they attached this computer to my head. There was this one time I had to wear it for a
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My Introduction!

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Hi, my name is Lena, and welcome to “I'm Autistic! So What!” In this blog, I will talk about the big elephant in the room that has been weighing on your shoulders, whether it's because you or someone in your family or friends are autistic. It's a huge can of worms that I'm just going to bust open and go through it hoping to help you understand it more. Right now you might think, what on earth does this woman know about autism? They diagnosed me with autism when I was 14 years old and I've been researching my condition ever since. You're probably wondering why did you wait so long to find out? Well, I'd like to tell you about that another time. To tell you the truth, I can not give you a step-by-step on how to treat or handle autism. There is simply no such thing, because autism lies on a spectrum, as it's different for everyone. So if you're looking for a step-by-step, then I respectfully as that you change your approach to learning about it. Even th
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