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How almost drowning taught me self-respect #actuallyautistic #vanlifereality #vanlife

October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM Everybody can reply

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Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Life Coach

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How almost drowning taught me self-respect #actuallyautistic #vanlifereality #vanlife

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How having been through a lot of difficult situations taught me to trust myself.Here's the full video: https://youtu.be/NLtk6fhvvlg**Here's the rest of the v...

September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Burnout means unreasonable demands #autisticburnout #burnout #burnoutrecovery

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Burnout means unreasonable demands #autisticburnout #burnout #burnoutrecovery

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In burnout, your brain and nervous system are struggling to keep up with unreasonable demands, and have gone into a self protection mode. Try to honor that, ...

Some struggles before I knew I'm autistic

February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Some struggles before I knew I'm autistic

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Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGK1RXUMFsHere are some struggles before I knew I had autism: the question, “How are you?” would ...

May 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Sometimes you just need some guilt-free downtime

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June 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM Everybody can reply

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The Abuse of High Standards

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The Abuse of High Standards

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I'm reflecting on how easy it is for high moral standards, high standards of justice, high standards of behavior, or high standards of achievement can be dam...

September 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM Everybody can reply

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I can’t read and listen to music

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I can’t read and listen to music

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I'm just curious, are you able to read while there's another source of language input going on around you? Like a talk show, music with lyrics, TV, anything ...

Why Autistics Both Need and Avoid Relationships #actuallyautistic #autisticcommunity

January 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Why Autistics Both Need and Avoid Relationships #actuallyautistic #autisticcommunity

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Autistics also want genuine human connection, yet we often have difficulties with many of the ways that some people are used to giving and receiving connecti...

Back at it again! In the Heather van… #actuallyautistic #autisticvanlife

September 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Back at it again! In the Heather van… #actuallyautistic #autisticvanlife

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Why living in a van was so hard #actuallyautistic #autisticvanlife #audhd #vanlifereality

September 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Why living in a van was so hard #actuallyautistic #autisticvanlife #audhd #vanlifereality

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I moved in to a van after I figured out I’m Autistic, which was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, but also the best thing. Because nothing worke...

How My Van's Water System Works - Unique Setup

September 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM Everybody can reply

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How My Van's Water System Works - Unique Setup

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I share how I deconstructed the core of what's actually needed in a simple water plumbing system, not just replicating how houses and RVs have done it, and m...

Learning to trust myself #actuallyautistic #audhd

September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Learning to trust myself #actuallyautistic #audhd

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I'm reflecting on how I developed trust in myself by going through hard things in life, and especially how living in my van taught me to rely on myslf.**Here...

Master Getting Quality Advice as an Autistic Person #actuallyautistic #communicationskills

September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM Everybody can reply

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Master Getting Quality Advice as an Autistic Person #actuallyautistic #communicationskills

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“How do I X, when I can't stand ’the standard solution’?”I saw a question on an autistic forum recently, asking for advice on how to stay hydrated in this he...

When you keep dealing with the hard times in life, they eventually get better

July 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM Everybody can reply

Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Life Coach

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When you keep dealing with the hard times in life, they eventually get better

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I reflect on how the hard times in life, which are all-consuming when you are going through them, are also temporary and at some point you will look back and...

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September 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM Everybody can reply

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It’s OK to take care of your senses #actuallyautistic #understandingautism #sensoryneeds #sensory

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