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Dustin's DynastyVLOG #221:Dangers of Doordash and Delivery Made Me Make Choices towards a Healthier Lifestyle
In this video, I share the Issues I faced from a month of eating delivery food constantly and how it made me realize that I needed to up my game once again…
Dustin's DynastyEmbracing My Autism and Recognizing Accommodations
Recently, I have realized how much more accepting I have came at embracing my autism for what it is and recognizing the need of having accommodations to better…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Accepting How Far I Have Come
Being two years in my current home this week and over four years from moving out of my parents home for the first time has certainly been a rollercoaster ride…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Counting My Blessings, Two Years Later
Today marks the 25th month of living in my current home. It is something that I continue as I close on the second year of living here. My blessings and…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Accepting All
Being autistic, we often seek for others to understand our quirks and how we operate, but does anyone ever ask us how we embrace others with different or more…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #220: Autism and Transitioning
In this video, I share the barriers of transitioning from one thing to another with autstics along with accepting the accomodations and necessary things to do…
Dustin's DynastyHolding It Together
As I commonly say to not only myself as a pep talk but to others with similar diagnosis, “sometimes things happen” I for one, catastrophize the worst possible…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Backsliding Fears
Having been struggling with my weight for an extended period of time, continuing to follow through with what needs to be done in order to lose weight can be a…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: While You Can
Being an autistic person, doing something that you may not find of interest can be difficult to endure at times. However, there are times in life that we have…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: The Importance of Having Something In Your Life
Having some time off over the past few weeks provided me some time to self-reflect. As my mind often thinks that it would be in a better place if I remain…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG: #219: Accepting Your Autism
In this video, I share the importance of embracing an autism diagnosis along with accepting the accomodations and necessary things to do to make life more…
Dustin's DynastyIt Only Has to Make Sense to You
Part of being an independent person is that you have to be OK with the life choices that you make. It can be hard for those close to you to sometimes…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Delivery Dangers
A few weeks ago, I got into a phase. It was something that made life easier but while it is a good invention, it was something that I realized for my physical…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Why Can’t I Just Be Happy???
Most of my life, I was never truly, genuinely happy. I often act as if I don’t deserve happiness in my life or that I have to continually point out something…
Dustin's Dynasty#218: Finding Motivation
In this video, I share my experiencs with trying to find motivation after decades of primarily being told my faults instead of my praises. Originally uploaded…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Emotional Dysregulation
In my life as an autistic person, the (dys)regulation of my emotions can be extremely absurd. In moments for me to be happy I can be angry about them because…
Dustin's DynastyWhy I Keep On Going
Sometimes, I ask myself, why do I keep on going? Why do I never give up? I often make statements about not doing things in my life because of how I feel at…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Feeling Satisfied
Living on my own as an autistic adult alongside having several other challenges can be difficult in the sense of managing my emotions or time. Finally after…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: A Sense of Satisfaction
As I am becoming more stable as an independent autistic adult, I am realizing that I am being given more freedoms that for so long that I never felt that I…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Happiness
Living life as an autistic man finally free of all things that are true issues, I can see and actually feel the light at the end of the battle tunnel. I have…
Dustin's Dynasty#217: Finding Happiness
In this video, I share my experiencs with trying to find happiness after decades of primarily being told my faults instead of my praises. Visit my linktree…
Dustin's DynastyAccepting & Moving On
As an autstic adult, understanding that things happen can be a struggle to forget. My brain wants me to be hard on myself for the things that I am not perfect…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Doing What’s Right
Recently, I have been facing the struggle of not doing all the things I need to do to be healthy. I know what I need to do. I know it works, yet I get lazy or…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Being A Good Sport
Throughout life, I have been taught not to counteract things that I may not agree with. In the self-advocacy movement, the view can always be conflicted with…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #216: Regulation & Validation
In this video, I share my experiencs with regulation both in co-regulation roles along with emotionally regulating myself along with being indepedent and the…
Dustin's DynastyUnderstanding the Need to Get Out
As we are nearing the third year of the pandemic, I am beginning to understand the need to let my fears diminish and find wellness via my own dimensions…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Balance of Time
Last week I have been experiencing the importance as an autistic individual to properly balance my time more. The past few years have changed the way we have…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Family Invasions
As fall arrives, in the housing complex I arrive in is usually an overall maintenance inspection of the property and this year was no different. As I…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Bedtime
In my over 4 year journey of independence as an autistic adult, one of my constant struggles is the fact that I struggle with going to bed. This is further…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #215; Wellness Routines
In this video, I explain some helpful things that I do for my personal wellness and make them part of a daily routine and the importance of having these tasks…
Dustin's DynastyThe Great Regression
As I concluded in this week’s Reflections post, autistics across the spectrum are enduring things that seem like we are at times reversing the clock from where…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Change of Scenery
As we approach the eve of the Fall Equinox, I have been thinking of ways to better intertwine nature into activities of wellness. Being outdoors makes me feel…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Easy to Regress
Life in the past 2-3 years has been nothing short of a challenge for autistrics across the spectrum. One of the major hurdles that has been at the forefront of…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Flexibility
In last week’s adulting blog, I shared my experience when accepting a change to one’s routine. However in this day in age, I for one am learning that I need to…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #214: COVID 19 & Regression
In this podcast, I share my story of falling down on my luck, boucing back and growing that was compounded by the COVID-19 Pandemic and why I now realize that…
Dustin's DynastyA Rule Follower
One of the traits of being autistic for one to adhere to rules, orders, etc. For me in my over four years of independence, it has been a contentious point to…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: The Importance of Wellness Activities
Excuses, Excuses, I know they help, yet I choose not to take part, What are they? Things for me ! I know that they help me, but I also know that when I choose…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: The Importance of A Routine
One of the major facets of autism is the fact that many thrive off of routines. Having and following a routine can also provide a sense of comfort and wellness…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Accepting Changes
For many autistics, being able to accept changes can be difficult for some to tolerate. Many may react in a negative manner or they may obsess over it and try…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #213 Happiness, Change & Anger
In this video,. I share my thoughts and experiences of how happiness, change and anger cohabitate within the autistic mind and what I am learning what works…
Dustin's DynastyBeing A Better Person
Last week, I had the opportunity to reflect on the last 2-3 years and how much of a roller coaster it has been, yet there have been several blessings that have…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: The Battle Within
In this current phase of self-discovery I am seriously beginning to close the door on the battles that I am discovering were within my headspace. I now chose…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Restoring Autistic Burnout
NOTE: This is the second-half of a two part series on my recent discovery of Autistic Burnout. In yesterday’s Adulting post, I discovered some of the signs and…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Accepting Autistic Burnout
As this post is published on a holiday such as Labor Day (in the US), I would like to share a little more on how I have recently discovered that I recently met…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #212: Caring & Compassion
In this video, I share my transformation from being cold and callus to caring and compassionate. Uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ab37JBCQFuE
Dustin's DynastyOvercoming Anxiety
One of the biggest challenges I have experienced in my life that I am still overcoming is my anxiety. It is a common comorbidity with autism and as such can…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Goal-Driven
The past month has been very good for me in the fact of being well. I am losing weight very consistently and as such I am setting goals for intervals so I can…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Regognizing A Return
A few weeks ago, I made the opportunity to do some of the things before things changed drastically in my life in 2020. It felt good in a way, but I do know…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Knowing You’re Not Ready Yet
Being an autistic adult and knowing that after you try something and realizing that you are not ready to make that change on a consistent basis is something…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #211: Discovering Autistic Burnout
In this video I share my experience of discovering autistic burout, the generalization of it and how I plan to recharge from it based on the knowledge I gained…
Dustin's DynastyDeciding For Yourself
For most of the 33 years of my life, I lived under my parents’ roof. As such I was often coddled because of my challenges in life. Oftentimes I followed suit…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Better Changes
Last week, I had the opportunity to begin monthly consultations with a nutritionist through a collaboration between my day program and the local community…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Recognizing My Needs
Last week, being in almost a month of a near pre-pandemic workflow, I recognized that I needed to practice some self-care and take a “mental health day.” Many…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Challenging Thoughts
In the past week, I have been experiencing challenging thoughts. Not only are they in my headspace, but I also, when in private, script them. This can set the…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #210: The Here and Now
Continuing the journey of self-discovery and realizng the need to appreciate the things in the here and now and not to give up doing what is in the present…
Dustin's DynastyA Better Mindset
Sometimes, it takes the simplest of things to have a positive attitude. For the longest time in recent years, I had a very negative outlook on my life, what it…
Dustin's DynastyWellness Wednesday: Making Swaps
As I am continuing down my personal wellness journey, I am experiencing new and exciting changes to the lifestyle that can have an additional benefit to my…
Dustin's DynastyReflections: Managing Life’s Challenges
Being autistic, it can be hard to accept when changes occur to our daily routine that we may not see beneficial. But when you add in further change that can…
Dustin's DynastyAdulting: Radical Acceptance
The past week has been a better week for me , but to get through it required practicing radical acceptance in order to not back down into my immature behaviors…
Dustin's DynastyVLOG #209: Social Communication
Sharing some examples and causes of social communication, a common factor and uncommon skill of the autistic community Originally Uploaded to YouTube: