Our experiments with Autism - A never ending journey

  As the course of medication is about to finish in few days, I don’t know what changes would be there in Akshat again. Right now, he is happy, charged and feeling motivated. Medicines played a big role in stabilising his mood. In addition, I am continuing my efforts so that he can be mindful and deal with his thoughts. Last month was a bit relaxed and we had some nice conversations. In this post, I am sharing a few conversations, which he had with his counsellor. I wish he would continue with the same mind set. Conversation -1  (7/10/22) S. Good morning...How are you? A. gm...fine S. How was your week? A. Week was good. S. What was good? A. There was nothing to seem boring. S. That's nice... A. My mood is getting change to positive S. That's really nice...I want to know one thing from you...How do you cope up with sensory overload? A. I prefer to listen to music. Conversation - 2  (13/10/22) S. How are you? A. doing good. S. Wow...What is good? A. Happy mood? S. Ok...May...

  Writing this post exactly after a month. This time it took a bit long. Quite busy with Akshat and my personal stuff. This time also feeling physically low. Ageing, it seems. Well, things are pretty better now. After starting the medication, Akshat is calm, though I feel somewhere at the core those feelings are still disturbing him. As he cannot filter the unwanted information and feelings, the problem aggravates. An autistic mind does not know what to retain, how much to retain and what needs to be thrown out. Again, I am using the positive affirmations and CBT techniques to strengthen his mind. In addition, as I mentioned in my earlier posts, I have made some environmental changes by taking him to a vocational center, twice a week, reducing all the activities that he find stressful. Being an adult now, he is more assertive now. His ‘NO’ is more firm than ever. The more I talk to him, more I understand him as a person, I come to know that the difficulties arises because of pr...