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- Dustin's Dynasty
358: Fear in Needing Help/Accommodations
In this week's vlog, I explain how difficult it can be for autistic people to admit that they need help or Accommodations for things that come natural to…
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357: Meltdown Memories
In this week's vlog, I explain how remembering my past meltdowns shaped me into understanding that there are expectations for when we are in the outside world…
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356: Being My Best Self Everyday
In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to take care of your mental health each and every day in order to be your best self every day…
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355: Fighting Through It
In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to be patient with yourself when getting back on medicine from a relapse, to continue to fight…
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354: Pushing Through It
In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to be patient with yourself when getting back on medicine from a relapse, to push through it…
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353: Pointless and Destructive; Knowing My Why
In this week's vlog, I explain how I discovered how over the past several years not taking my medication as prescribed was noted as pointless and destructive…
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352: Understanding Reality
In this week's vlog, I explain how being autistic can be hard at times but it does not give us an excuse from not knowing the difference between what is right…
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351: Be The Warrior
In this week's vlog, I explain how it takes being a 'warrior' in the world that is not made for the challenges that I experience that things like autistic…
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350: 40, Autistic and Thriving
In this week's vlog, we not only celebrate the 350th vlog but also the 5th year of making a steady appearance on Dustin's Dynasty and my soon to be 40th…
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349: Mental Health In Sync During Mental Health Month
In this week's vlog, we continue on our Mental Health Mini Series by sharing how much my life has changed by understanding and accepting the necessity of…
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348: It’s all about the progress...not Perfection
In this week's vlog, we continue on our Mental Health Mini Series by sharing how when coming back from setbacks, It's all about the progress that you make and…
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347: Preparing for the Outside World
In this week's vlog, I share the importance of understanding the outside world by being as prepared as possible by understanding what is right and wrong…
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346: My Mental Health Matters
In this week's vlog, I share the importance of taking care of my mental health, particulary the value of my mental health medication and elements that make…
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345: Emotional Control
In this week's vlog, I share the importance of keeping emotions under control especially in situations that could cause a bad reaction to or by others. Visit…
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344: Autism Didn't Damage Us!
In this week's vlog, I share my response to the disparging comments made in the media in the past week by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services that…
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343: Law & Order
In this week's vlog, I share how it is important for the Law, Justice, and Corrections systems to be cognizant of autistic people as well as autistic people…
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342: Keep On Going
In this week's vlog, I share how it can be difficult to accept change for autistic people along having the will to keep going especially when you feel down and…
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341: Out of Our Control
In this week's vlog, I share how it can be difficult to accept change for autistic people along with the grieving process after the start of the change along…
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340: Making Sacrifices
In this week's vlog, I share how it can be difficult as an autistic person to make sacrifices for others while understanding unwritten rules, roles and…
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339: Navigating Life's Challenges
In this week's vlog, I share how life can be challenging for autistic individuals and how much I overcame my personal struggles over the years, making my…
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338: Time to Be Serious
In this week's vlog, I share my epiphany that it is time to be serious once and for all with adhering to my mental health treatment, a practice that I have…
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337: Self-Esteem
In this week's vlog, I share my experiences with self-esteem along with some tips to boost self-esteem Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website & Blog…
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336: Accepting Feedback & Respecting Authority
In this week's vlog, I share hints and life experiences with accepting feedback and respecting authority figures in many relationships. Visit my linktree…
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335: The Winter Challenges
In this week's vlog, I share how brutal winters can be challenging for autistic folks as we can be contained indoors and separated from our normal routines…
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334: Just Be Kind
In this week's vlog, I share how past experiences along with understanding the struggle to fit in has taught me to just be kind to anyone I meet regardless of…
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333: Honestly Hopeful
In this week's vlog, I share how I have discovered that the only thing holding me back from pursuing further uncomfortable endeavors is my anxiety and that I…
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332: Dare to Dream
In this week's vlog, I share how much I have improved in the course of nearly four decades of my life, reaching many milestones and achievements and never…
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331: Radical Acceptance
In this week's vlog, I share how using the skill of radical acceptance amongst other coping skills has helped me move forward with some negative thoughts that…
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330: Emotions and Energy
In this week's vlog, I share how the emotions and energy of an autistic person can be very challenging for them to experience without properly managing them…
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329: Finding Personal Entertainment
In this week's vlog, I share how that I am mentally well for the first time in six years that I must now conquer the journey of finding on what helps keep me…
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328: No Holding Back
In this week's vlog, I share how things where when I was first diagnosed to now as it relates to allowing myself to be more authentic without living in fear…
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327: Coping and Self Care during the Holidays
In this week's vlog, I share how it is important to cope with sensory challenges and practice self-care not only over the holiday season but at all times of…
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326: Caring for You!
In this week's vlog, I share how it is important to recognize when you need to care for yourself. In autistic people, this is not easily recognized internally…
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325: Coping With Challenges
In this week's vlog, I share how it is important to not only develop but also utilize healthy coping skills in situations that you personally cannot control. I…
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324: Out of the Funk
In this week’s vlog, I share how at times I get into a "funk" and while it can be unbearable, it is just as important to work to get out of it. Visit my…
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323: Music, Meditation, and Mood
In this video, I share how music and meditation has helped me in moments when I have been anxious along with coping in everyday life as an autistic person. 10…
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322: Mental Health Matters
In this video, I share the importance of taking care of your mental health and how it can effect other dimensions of your personal wellmess. I also mention the…
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321: Because It Helps
In this video, I share the importance of having what you need to get through life as an autistic person becuase it helps you. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast…
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320: Change of Season
In this video, I share how the change of season or clocks can effect autistic individuals in their sleep, mood or other elements in their quality of life…
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319: Turn It Around
In this video, I share how it is important to remember to choose our words wisely before saying them along with being sure to turn around negative experiences…
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318: Toughen Up
In this video, I share how it can be tough, but important to toughen up and acccept the circumstances that are given to you in the course of the day by…
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317: Masking: The Autistic Kind
In this episode, I share how autistically masking (or camoflauging) has come easy to me throughout my four decades of living and how I have come to term with…
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316: Cause and Effect
In this episode, I share why it is important to determine the cause and effect of how meltdowns, negative reactions and being dysregulated occurs along with…
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315: Fighting Through The Challenges
In this video, I share why it is important to take care of your mental health and be your best self through the challenging moments in your life. Always. Visit…
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314: Do it. Always. Each and every day.
In this video, I share why it is important to take care of your mental health each and every day. Always. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website &…
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313: For What It Is
In this episode, I share how there comes a point where we as autisitc people must come to terms what limitations and circumstances we are met with and accept…
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312: Connecting to the Outside World
In this podcast, I share how autistic people desire connections with others and how there are ways to connect to the outside world. In this video, I share how…
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311: Maturity and Kindness
In this video, I share how it is important to be the mature person when out in the outside world along with treating others just as you want to be treated. In…
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310: Beneath The Surface
In this video, I share how I am beginning to accept all of my challenges both as they can be seen and beanath what you can see. Don't judge what you can't see…
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309: Learning To Let Go Of The Past
In this week's episode, I share how learning to let go of the past has helped me realize that there is so much more to life than the thoughts that are holding…
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308: Coping Skills & Resielency
In this episode, I explain how important it is to have coping skills you can use to get through the challenging moments in life along with being practicing…
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307: Self-Discovery and Re-Learning
In this video, I explain how shifting my perspective to understanding the necessity of adhering to my medication regimen allowed me to see who i really am in a…
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306: Wait and Worry
In this video, I explain how much of a struggle waiting can be and how it can evolve into worrying. The two can be quite overwhelming. It is important to learn…
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305: Embracing Differences…For Real
In this week's vlog, I explain how it is important to be cognizant of differences within and outside of the various spectrums (autism, disability, etc.) That…
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304: Knowing When
In this video, I explain how I am in the process of learning when to ask for help or accomodation or to take care of myself when experiencing sensory…
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303: Rekindling My Relationsip With Day Services
In this video, I learned that the length of time that I have been at day services is just a number, that goals are always evolving and that I still need the…
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302: It Just " Clicks"
In this video, I share how something in the autistic brain just "clicks" when underdstanding something isn't as fearing as it really is and how "getting" it…
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301: Accepting, Understanding and Managing My Life with Medication
In this video, I share how autistics thrive off of routines and riutuals, why they are important to autistics and how they are the culprit of behavior in…
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300: Been There, Done That, Aint Going Back
In this video, I share the challenges I have faced since living independently, realizing that my mental health is of the utmost importance. Now that am on my…
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299: Priortizing Life's Obligations
In this video, I share how it is important to fulfill life's obligation while continiuing to recognize when you need to take a time out and care for you by…