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Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Going Off the Course
Many times an autistic person thrives off a routine that they cling to for survival in ensuring that the day will be OK. However, there are times when things…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #256: Communication Challenges
In this vlog, I explain my journey in bits and pieces of learning to communicate effectively and fluently. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website &…
Dustin's DynastyAccepting Limitations
Throughout my life, it has been hard to accept that while you want to do everything in the world, myself or any human simply cannot do such. It has taken me a…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Accepting the Importance of Sleep
In the course of writing my blog on a steady basis, I have never written much about sleep except around this time last year, signifying its importance. Now I…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Navigating The World
For an autistic person to navigate the world, it is nothing short of a challenge. Our brains and senses often send us into a state of panic because individuals…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #255: Finding Purpose
In this vlog, I explain how it can be hard to find the purpose to be motivated to do things especially after periods of autistic burnout and unscheduled…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Fighting the Fight
As is often said, there is no such thing as ‘easy’ autism. Even in myself who has learned and grown so much from the dark ages, it seems many times that I have…
Dustin's DynastyFighting the Bed
Many times, I am fighting the urge of my own bed. This can be a challenge for me as I use it as a position to retreat from my challenging intrusive negative…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Why Introception is Essential
One of the struggles that autistic individuals face is inability of knowing when to take care of things that are essential for them to be well and have their…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Pushing Myself
In my life, there are times when my brain wants me to avoid a situation or going through the motions because it thinks as if the worst possible thing could…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Screen Time Balance
So much of today’s society involves the general populace dedicating themselves to the screens. With so many devices always at their reach, there is a love-hate…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #254: Getting Motivated
In this vlog, I explain how it can be hard to get motivated to do the necessities of life and keep everything in balance. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast…
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Executive Function, Task and Time Manaagement
Over the past month, part of understanding the need to be well, I have become more accommodating with the time factor in relation to time management along with…
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Wellness Wednesday: Accepting the Necessities of Being Well
Over the past few weeks as of this writing, I have been in a state of being more well. This has only resulted in me coming to terms with many things that aid…
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Reflections: The Will and Want to be Motivated, Encouraged and Have Purpose in Life
Over the past few weeks, I have been fighting at times crushing anxiety about wanting to do things in life that is expected of me, but I somehow fight my way…
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Adulting: Being Motivated
For me, sometimes it can be hard to find motivation. This is often curtailed by the onset of autistic burnout and at times it can set me back some if I do not…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG: #253: Keeping In Balance
In this vlog, I explain how getting back on my medication regimen has helped me get some sense of normalcy and step outside of my comfort zone. Original Video…
Dustin's DynastyBeyond Our Control
Sometimes in life, there are circumstances that are beyond our own personal control. As much as we would like to take charge of something and make it ours or…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Consistency Is Key
In my journey of self-discovery lately, I am beginning to learn that consistency is key in wanting to do anything towards making a change for the better. It…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Wising Up in Challenging Times
In the course of life, the unexpected happens. Oftentimes we as autistic people go to those we seek for the answers to solve our problems at a moment’s notice…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Aging and Maturing
Today is my 38th Birthday. While it is just a number, in some ways it shows its better parts of the fact that I do need to mature more and just do what I need…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #252: For What They Are
In this vlog, I explain the purpose of coming to terms with accepting elements of being autistic and well including my medication, task management, sleep…
Dustin's DynastyThe Reality and Gratitude Of My Independence
Prior to the writing of this post, I was cleaning my emails and was watching a video on the ongoing Direct Support Worker Staffing Crisis in the Commonwealth…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: I Can If I Want To
As an old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force him to drink. That has been the case in both my mental and physical health journeys…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Fighting Anxiety
Everyday anymore, I seem to be fighting anxiety in some state or form. It is this ugly invisible battle that I constantly let grow in my mind until there is a…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Just Do It
After years of fighting the battles I have been fighting for my independence, I have finally come to the terms that I just need to do the things that I need to…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #251: What Gets You up in the Morning?
In this vlog, I ask myself the question of 'What gets me up in the morning?" and the challenges of finding motivation, encouragement and purpose…
Dustin's DynastyLiving My Best Life
Finally after nearly five years of being independent, I have turned the corner in the right direction and finally at a point where I am living my best life by…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Value Your Mental Health
For decades, May has been Mental Health Month. Many autistic people have the comorbidity of mental health with their autism. It is sometimes an every day or…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Being Proud of Me
Despite the challenges that I faced or have faced as an autistic man, I am now realizing that I need to have a sense of pride and be proud of myself for…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Decision Difficulty
A trait that an autistic person has is the difficulty in making decisions when the opportunity is given for them to do so. It can be hard for us to lock in on…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #250: This Is Autism!
In this vlog, I share the traits of Autism and how they affect me in my life and how I have begun to accept myself and other autistics on the planet. Visit my…
Dustin's DynastyManaging Emotions
Life ebbs and flows. For me, my emotions sometimes run the gamut of being high and low. There are times I feel at peace with myself and there are times I think…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Taking Time For You
Recently, I had recognized without scheduling that I needed to just take a day for myself. This was at first a hard thing for me to do as I initially felt as…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Doing What Is Right
Over the past few weeks, I am finally getting my life back on track after a long course of not doing what I needed to do to care for my mental health. Being in…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Knowing When To Care For You
When we are an adult, we have responsibilities that we must engage in, especially if they allow us to have the life we want to have. However, there are times…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #249: Accepting Reality
In this vlog, I share how essential it is for those facing many challgence to practice radical acceptance and accept the reality of the situation in order to…
Dustin's DynastyThe Outside World
As the world is progressing towards accepting the global pandemic of COVID-19 that has been looming over all the world over the past three years, I am starting…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Having the Reason To Live
Note: The topic of suicide is mentioned in this blog post. If you feel you are in need of crisis support reach out to the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 (In…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Gratitude and Appreciation
Living with the challenges that I live with, it can be hard sometimes to understand that I need to show gratitude and appreciation to the people who go many…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Using the Tools
As a person who is autistic and has other challenges, I can only take care of myself as much as I desire to utilize the skills and tools at my disposal. You…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #248: "Friends"
In this vlog, I share how autistic people of all ages can easily be taken advantage of by those who they consider to be their "Friends". Originally uploaded to…
Dustin's DynastyManaging Yourself
Being autistic, it can be hard to manage yourself in a life that just isn’t built for you. You want to do what you want in life, but as you become an adult…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Responsibilities of Staying Well
Throughout life, even though I had challenges that were primarily brought about by cohabitation, my life was pretty well. From being independent almost four…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Getting Through the Rough
Being autistic is not something that comes easy. There are oftentimes more rough moments than the moments that shine. Even though the rough moments feel like…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Processing A Crisis
The things that autistic adults such as myself do when we are faced with the challenges of getting through the tough times has astonished me. It has shown me…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #247: Picking Up The Pieces & Moving On
In this vlog, I share how it can be a struggle to get motivated and move on with the day when we feel down on ourselves. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast…
Dustin's DynastyYou’re Told For A Reason
When becoming independent from your parents, you may want to throw out some of what they told you when they raised you out the window and do quite the…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Food’s Relationship
Whether I like to admit it or not, there is a relationship to the food that I consume and the effect it brings on my emotional behavior. In relation to other…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Being Accomplished
Somedays, it is hard to think about how much I have accomplished in my life and how far I have come on the journey of being an autistic person. If you had…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Facing Reality
Sometimes in life, whether we like it or not, we need to see the reality in ourselves. The damage that has been done, that we need to repair it and work toward…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #246: It Comes With Being Autistic
In this vlog, I share how because of being autistic, there are just some things that you have to do in life and that there are also things that just happen…
Dustin's DynastyLoving Yourself
For the longest time and still at times, I can be unhappy with myself and not love myself for who I am. But as time goes on it is important to love myself and…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: My Relationship with Food and Behavior
Sometimes people have an emotional relationship with food, and I am no different when it come to that. I have felt that at times I felt that I ate out of…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Changing Behaviors
Being autistic comes with its challenges that is for sure. But when you constantly have a behavior that seems to never go away and you continue to work on it…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: What Makes Self-Advocacy
On this day of age, we hear this new buzz-word, Self-Advocacy. I am always a firm believer in advocating for yourself and in fact I at times am considered one…
Dustin's Dynasty#245: Reality & Evidence
In this vlog, I share how it is important to accept the realites and evidence in the your life journey even if you may not like to be told things you do not…
Dustin's DynastyWhen Things Don’t Go My Way!
One common misconception or stereotype when an autistic person exhibits behaviors is that they are having a ‘temper tantrum’ when they do not get the things…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Seeing A Change
With the month of April, it brings a lot of changes with the spring weather abound but for me it has also brought the effects of my work at losing weight the…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Continued Resilience
Being autistic and sometimes facing struggles in life, it can be hard to be resilient when the life we desire brings us down. Many times though, we just need…