Asking Spectrum Women
ASK THE SPECTRUM WOMEN! Regression & Mental Health – Becca Lory
Becca Lory Hector tackles questions from readers asking about regression and mental health.
Becca Lory
Asking Spectrum Women
ASK THE SPECTRUM WOMEN! – Diagnosis by Becca Lory
Becca Lory Hector responds to a reader in the UK who finds herself questioning her diagnosis (with a little bit of help from Schmitt the cat)…
Spectrum Women Authors
Meet the Spectrum Women Book Authors: Becca Lory
Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism is now in its final stages of publication, preparing to be printed for the wide world to see by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, we, the Spectrum Women and authors of this book, felt it would be a great opportunity to tell you a little about ourselves and the reasons why we were part of this incredible project. Each Spectrum Woman has a unique story to tell and today we would like to introduce you to Becca Lory… I spent my entire life pretending to know what friendship is. People would describe it […]
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The Big Sigh by Becca Lory, CAS, BCCS
This is one of those days. I feel it the moment I open my eyes. I instantly loathe that I am awake. I fall into an old habit of calculating how many hours I will have to reasonably be out of my bed before I can crawl back into it without having to feign illness or apologize for not returning a text. Twelve? Maybe if I stay in bed a little longer I can make it eleven. As I close my eyes, hoping for a lessened sentence, the dogs start to rouse. I hear the shuffle of early morning stretches, […]
Autism April
“Autism Saved My Life” By Becca Lory, CAS, BCCS
For 36 of my 40 years, I was disabled. I was cut off from the world but for the tiny bubble that was my bedroom. Barely able to care for myself, angry, scared and lonely, I felt hopeless and broken. Suicidal thoughts were a daily reminder of my inadequacies and failures. I was certain there had been a mistake. I was clearly not meant for this existence. That is until autism entered my world and saved my life. I’m certain you must be wondering how a deeply depressed and suicidal, disabled person could have been saved by an autism diagnosis. […]