Biracial & Autistic - Autism and Transitions w/UnwrittenGrace

What is it like to bi-racial AND autistic? How can you make transitions easier? Which are easier for an autistic person to deal with: Big or Small transitions?
In this episode, Thomas talks to the half British, half Taiwanese autistic blogger, and writer Grace Liu (@UnwrittenGraceBlogs). They focus their conversation around the topic of transitioning and why it's difficult for autistic people, her experience emigrating from Taiwan to the UK... but also all about what life was like at school as an autistic person of a different ethnic background.
They talk about the very odd phenomena of Grace being seen as a 'spectacle' in her adult life due to her diagnosis and ethnicity. Thomas and Grace share stories of experiencing racism in the UK, Taiwan, and Thailand... but also tell personal anecdotes such as one of Grace's customers in the past sharing that God can cure autism and the helpful security staff member that helped Thomas out during a BAD meltdown.
They go on to tackle what can be done about the ethnic stereotypes around autism and identify ways that society can be more accommodating for autistic immigrants... and autistic people in general!
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[@simonretallick9800]

Enjoyable and informative. Thank you 😊

[@welcome12ization]

Really enjoying this, I hope you keep these up! :)

[@ThomasHenley]

Thanks so much!! 😁😁

[@welcome12ization]

Yep, totally relate to the difficulty with switching tasks. I procrastinate between tasks a lot because of this. I know I need to do something, but there is often a gap between the thought and the action.

[@ThomasHenley]

I think the only real way to overcome this is prep and build it into your routine... prep as in I usually lay all my clothes and bag out in the morning to minimise the amount of things I need to process, and after awhile of forcing myself to do different things it becomes almost autonomous (the bit before that is the absolute hardest though 😂)

[@welcome12ization]

@@ThomasHenley Thanks, that's good advice. I try and do this where possible, planning ahead as much as I can, it does not remove the problem but makes it a bit easier to manage. I always write out what I'm having for meals the night before on a bit of paper and place it on the table where I have breakfast, it means I don't have think so much in the morning and am less likely to forget things.