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Dustin's DynastyBehind the mask
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/10/27/behind-the-mask/
Dustin's DynastyIt Can Wait
It can wait. Three simple words for over three years were hard to digest. As an autistic person, I experience the common traits of having a mind that is at…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Need More Than Want
As promised in Monday’s Adulting Post, I would specify greater with the need to have foods that I can control, rather than want to do it. While it can be hard…
Dustin's DynastyNDEAM: Recognize the Needs of ALL, especially Disabled Workers in the Workplace
Contrary to popular belief, Autistic People want to work, fairly and equally. We oftentimes can show our struggles or deficits more than our talents. Also…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: The Know How of Surviving
When an autistic person or anyone with a disability moves out on their own, many times, they rely on the assistance of community help. Sometimes items in the…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #135: Forging Friendships: Are You Ready?
Spawned off of a panel discussion in my own experiences of Autism and Dating, I will be sharing experiences of dating and friendships that I have experienced…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #134: Mental Health Days
Sharing Why it is important to take "Mental Health Days" from one's normal schedule and what you can do to help your physical and mental health during a…
Dustin's DynastyA Clean Home is A Happy Home
Somewhere, I can’t find the actual credit for this weeks’ feature blog post, but I truly believe that it is the honest to goodness truth. Being independent…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Keeping Up The Fight
Back to the wellness department, I honestly have to say in both regards of physical and mental wellness the fight has been hard to keep burning. I know it is…
Dustin's DynastyNDEAM: The Benefits of Having an Autistic Employee
Being autistic, I have worked in many capacities at most points since I was 18 years old. At some intervals prior, I was volunteering in my community. My…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Phobias of Needles
Autistics have multiple phobias of doing things mainly brought forth by induced anxiety. Throughout childhood, this fear resonated deep within me and even…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #133: The Benefits of Videoconferncing for the Autistic Community
Discussion on the evolvement of various teleconferencing/ videoconference platforms since the beginnning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and how it has helped…
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VLOG #132: Autistic Catasrophizing
Discussing How and what ausitic castrophizing, including triggers and how to help autistics get grounded back from the thought process. Source of Some…
Dustin's DynastyFamily and Ally Voices DO Matter
In the past few years the hashtag and theme of #actuallyautustic have been more present than ever. While for decades the voices of autistics have been dialed…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Just Like Starting Over
I just don't understand why every week I am presented with challenges about being accountable to the scale at the weight loss meeting and the need of…
Dustin's Dynasty#NDEAM: How Work Made Me Improve My Social Skills
As we move into the second week of National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month, I am starting to be more grateful for my employment opportunity that was…
Dustin's DynastyAdultiing: Task Execution and Management
Becoming an adult, especially in an independent living situation requires the execution and management of tasks that need to be completed on a routine basis in…
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Vlog #131 Reasons Autistic People Struggle With Friendships
Explaining reasons that autistic people struggle with friendships including myself and the struggles I have faced over the past decade especially in my…
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Vlog #130 Voices of Autism Families DO Matter
Folllowing up with a post I seen on Facebook diminishing the validity of whether the voices of Families of Autistic People Matter, well they do! Video…
Dustin's DynastyPutting Myself Out There
As many know, being autistic can present challenges with keeping and understanding friendships. The lack of them can deter the positivity of one’s well-being…
Dustin's DynastyVlog #129 Respond Vs React
Sharing the experiences and differences of the need to Respond to situations instead of reacting to them which can make a difference of how a situation will…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #128 Empowerment vs Entitlement
Sharing the thougths of what the difference of being empowered versus what being entitled is to a person why empowerment is the better quaility rather than it…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: The Continual Fight
This week has been a rough week for me again in the wellness department. It has shown me that no matter how hard you try to work at losing weight, it will not…
Dustin's Dynasty#HireAutisticAdults #NDEAM2021: 10 Things To Know
In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month this year and to take a break from the exhausting COVID-19 Pandemic, we will be taking Tuesdays to…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Being Proud of Your Talents
Being an autistic adult, I always want to throw a pity party about how bad life is for me. Sometimes, all it takes is a good therapy session for someone to…
Dustin's DynastyHave Your Plan
Ironically, as we close on National Preparedness Month today, I have experienced preparation and ill-preparation of what is needed should events occur…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: A Final Wake-Up Call
Monday night was one of those days. It was the usual Mondays, off to work a stop at the day program to check in and then later in the afternoon to TOPS. TOPS…
Dustin's DynastyConcentrating On COVID: A Really Scary Time
The last week brought forth an unscheduled vacation due to the unforeseen circumstances of several coworkers within the confines of the office contracting…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Hearing What You Don’t Want to Hear
Nowadays the comorbidities of being autistic and having other mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is more prevalent than ever…
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Vlog #127 The Sunday Blues and Pre Activity Anxiety
Sharing the down and dark feelings about returning to the work week and why it is important to have meaningful work in your life. Also discussed is anxiety…
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Vlog #126 Abrupt Changes make a Challenging Week
Disussing how abrupt changes have made an abrupt week and what helped it from becoming more challenging than it was.
Dustin's DynastyA Journey Is A Journey
This week, I had the opportunity to attend a day of awards ceremonies awarding those who have supported youth and those adults, including myself four years ago…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Inspiration Comes in Mysterious Ways
This week has been an out of this world week. But if anything it has taught me to never give up on my dreams, including my hopes and dreams for a healthier…
Dustin's DynastyConcentating on COVID: Honor and Divide
This week has been an out of this world week. But if anything it has taught me to never give up on my dreams, including my hopes and dreams for a healthier…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Consent
In last week’s adulting blog, I discussed being independent and having the ability to make your own choices and own them without feeling invalid. This week…
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VLOG: #125: Basic Human Rights and Consent
Expressing the Importance of Basic Human Rights and Consent that Autisitcs (and their neurotypical peers) should express whenever they need to feels safe and…
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Vlog #124 Pleasure for Emotional Regulation
Discussing the need of the importance of pleasure releases in autistics in relation to the need to find personal pleasure for relieving stress and…
Dustin's DynastySaying No, Burnout, Assertiveness and Downtime
Like many other people I struggle with saying no. There are a number of reasons for this. I read another advocate’s blog post on this issue and thought it was…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Keeping Forward
This week is a landmark week on the wellness journey. Six months ago I had a visit to my doctor’s office where I got on the scale. I weighed 358 pounds, the…
Dustin's DynastyConcentrating On COVID: Vaccination Fear
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/09/14/concentrating-on-covid-vaccination-fear/
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Making Choices for YOU!
When an autistic adult makes that big leap into independence. They are oftentimes away from the cusp of their very guarding parents, however some can still…
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VLOG #123 Becoming an Actual Adult
Discussing on maturing from being under a parent's wing by growing and building your own life by doing things you enjoy!
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VLOG #122 After Mom and Dad are No Longer Here, then What?
Disccussing about the critical topic in the autism community when parents are no longer here for their autistic children and why it is important for autistics…
Dustin's DynastySPECIAL: A September Day Like No Other – 20 Years Later
As we honor that tragic day twenty years ago. I remember fondly where I was and what I was doing. It started like any day as my sophomore year in Senior High…
Dustin's DynastyLeaving the Comfort Zone
This week has been a challenging week. It has worn me out a great deal and has caused some toughness among those that care for me. Hopefully, it gets better as…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Excuses, Excuses
With the hot and humid weather, the past few months, it has been detrimental for me to want to partake in any walking. As such, I have been lacking in taking…
Dustin's DynastyConcentrating On COVID: Regression of Retained Progress
Autistics are experiencing a massive amount of regression of their progress mostly due to the fear’s restrictions and limited capability of the state of the…
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Adulting: Change of Support
As many autistic people, I have difficulty experiencing when supports change. I define support as anything that is essential for me to experience my day. The…
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VLOG #121: COVID Regression
Discussiing regression and fear of autistic persons as a result of the looming COVID-19 Pamdemic and related issues
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VLOG #120: Autism and Weather
With the current weather the country has been facing this past week. I felt it necessary to discuss how adverse weather events affects autistic people. I also…
Dustin's DynastyDisasters Bring Out the Best
If you are eastern United States, you are for sure hearing something with the word “Ida” in it. What was part of a terrible Hurricane and now as of this…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Regulate If Necessary, To Take Care Of YOU!
Just as informing myself on current events is an essential start to the day, likewise it is essential to self-regulate at the end of the workday. It doesn’t…
Dustin's DynastyConcentrating On COVID: Change It Up!
As we continue down the path of this pandemic, I am locally seeing the effects of those in the workforce either returning to school or choosing not to work. It…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Task Management
While some with autism are pre-programmed to make lists, there are still a host of autidtic individuals that for the life of them cannot fathom the ability to…
Dustin's DynastyHow to set Healty Boundaries
This week I found a post on the social media platforms for the Hiki app, an online dating and friendship app for the autism community. This topic was requested…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Keep Trying
Many people with autism fight for what they want and while they may fall down, they oftentimes pick themselves up and continue the fight and because many of us…
Dustin's DynastyConcentrating On COVID: Exhaustive Fears
We are nearing a year and a half in this ever-glooming pandemic and it seems like it is never going to end. I, like many in the world am trying my best to be…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Self-Determination
Self-Determination is defined as the process by which a person controls their own life. As an adult with autism, this can be a challenge because we always have…
Dustin's DynastyCan We Really Be a Friend?
For many in the autism community, we want someone to be our friend. Sometimes, I have been told that it takes us the person ourselves to be a friend to someone…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Introception
A common trait in autism is the fact that while many of us want to meet our basic needs to be well, we often cannot recognize the need to do so. This process…