I get full-body shivers from live classical music and people singing certain types of music. When I was little, it was much much easier to trigger the sensation in a variety of audio stimulations, but hypervigilence has blocked it so I have to be relaxed to get it.
I wanted to email you about what's a good book or article on autism for women? I'm leery of the Simon Baron-Cohen autism theory which seems very gendered and I'm curious about autism and neurodivergence when someone presents capable but it takes tremendous effort. Like, if I could I would eat basically the same meals for the rest of my life happily but I force myself to rotate different foods because that's What Is Good and Appropriate. And I'm seeing the same signs in my youngest child. We would like to wear PJs and have a fidget toy and live in the woods and arrange all our things by colour and just be left alone, okay. But we can act normal, it's just a considerable effort. Is it an effort for other people? I don't know! Other people seem to manage.
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Date: 2019-04-08 05:29 am (UTC)I wanted to email you about what's a good book or article on autism for women? I'm leery of the Simon Baron-Cohen autism theory which seems very gendered and I'm curious about autism and neurodivergence when someone presents capable but it takes tremendous effort. Like, if I could I would eat basically the same meals for the rest of my life happily but I force myself to rotate different foods because that's What Is Good and Appropriate. And I'm seeing the same signs in my youngest child. We would like to wear PJs and have a fidget toy and live in the woods and arrange all our things by colour and just be left alone, okay. But we can act normal, it's just a considerable effort. Is it an effort for other people? I don't know! Other people seem to manage.