by Abigail Rivera | Sep 20, 2022 | Life Skills |
Driving is a necessity nowadays. And typically, nearly every teenager eagerly waits to get their hands behind the wheel. Although that wasn’t me, I was perfectly fine with my mom being my Uber. Although my mom knew that eventually I would need to drive myself around,...
by Abigail Rivera | Aug 16, 2022 | Basic Skills, Life Skills |
Getting a job is only the tip of the iceberg to adulting. Luckily I haven’t dived into the depths of adulting to the point that I have to buy insurance and make payments. Though I still have the basic adult duties that mostly involve socializing. As many of you...
by Abigail Rivera | Jul 19, 2022 | Life Skills |
Of course, the desire is that they will one day be able to live their own life by themselves with minimal assistance. That expectation can seem like a big stretch or nearly impossible to accomplish especially when you’re on the spectrum. So as a young adult, I often...
by Abigail Rivera | Jun 21, 2022 | Life Skills, Sensory |
Sight is the last sense I will go over in the series “my sensory life.” They say eyes are the window to the soul but I think your eyes are your window to the world. So how much of your world is shaped into a different reality when sensory issues come into play with...
by Abigail Rivera | May 17, 2022 | Life Skills, Sensory, Sensory Series |
I often find it interesting to think about the complexity and design of the human body. Each of your fingertips has over 3,000 tactile receptors that send a message to our brain almost instantaneously to help us interpret the texture of a surface, temperature, and...
