Strength Based Self-Care in a Medical Deficit Culture
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Today’s Autistic Moment: A Podcast for Autistic Adults by An Autistic Adult
1h 13m
4 speakers
3 chapters
transcribed 27 days ago
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What are the core autistic strengths that support self‑care in a medical deficit culture?
Being rule-based, honest to a fault, excellent in problem solving, and managing our sensory needs are the strengths autistics have to be successful. Carol Jean Whittington and I will talk with Lisa Morgan about how you can use your strengths to find joy in taking care of yourself in this medical deficit culture. This episode is to encourage you to make the most of who you are and what you can do. Come find encouragement and positive energy on today's autistic moment.
Take a breath, take a breath. Open up your eyes. It's a brand new day, brand new day. Watch the sun wrap Every time you feel you doubt in yourself. Look inside, you'll
find you got what it takes, yeah. I can tell You can make it You can each time Here's your chance to take it Noise and there, that star You come when it takes, yeah, you'll find a way There's nothing left in there Today is your day.
Hold my hand, hold my hand. You know that you're mine. Together just as forever So let yourself shine every time you feel you're down on yourself Look inside you find your guy what it takes, yeah I can tell
You can make it time. Here's your chance to take it. No once and that star. You come what it takes. Yeah, you'll find a way. There's nothing left in there. Today is your day.
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How can routine and rule‑based thinking be turned into a self‑care practice?
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After this first commercial break, Carol Jean Winnington and I will talk with Lisa Morgan about strength based self-care in a medical deficit culture.
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