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The autistic

self-care guide

100+ real-world accommodations to ease burnout, overwhelm, and masking. Not generic wellness advice. Practical, specific strategies gathered from autistic experience -- designed to be used like a menu, not a manual.

  • 100+ accommodations across 10 areas of daily life

  • Sensory regulation, energy management, communication

  • Parenting while autistic, travel, food and body

  • Reflection prompts to help you find what fits

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WHAT'S INSIDE

Pick what helps. Leave what doesn't. No pressure.

  • Sensory regulation strategies for sound, light, touch, and temperature

  • Food and body support that isn't about wellness culture

  • Social navigation and protecting your energy

  • Energy management and burnout prevention

  • Communication tools and boundary-setting scripts

  • Parenting while autistic, travel, and environmental adjustments

Melissa Booth-Simonsen

ACT Coach • Behaviour Scientist • Late-diagnosed Autistic

I wrote this guide because "self-care" advice was never written for autistic adults. These are strategies I use myself, gathered from my own experience and from the autistic community.

Take what helps.

Leave the rest.

You do not need to do it all.

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