The Color Scale of Feelings

Sometimes it's hard for me to talk. When I'm feeling upset, my brain goes into something called fight, flight, or freeze mode. When this happens, I lose the ability to speak. This happens when I'm not happy or feeling afraid. My goal is to keep safe so I don't hurt myself or others.

This is a color scale of feelings that you can use to show your mood when you can't speak.

Dark Red: Angry

Red: Stressed

Orange: Embarrassed or Frustrated

Yellow: Warning (I'm Getting Upset)

Green: Happy or Excited to have fun!

Blue: Relaxed

Purple: Calm or Tired

What colors would you add? Do you have trouble talking when you are upset?

Signed, 

AutistiKids

Speech Trouble by Joshua

Kids with autism are like a rainbow. There are so many different color shades and tints. Some kids can talk, some can't. I can talk well now since I've been practicing and have been going to speech therapy for a long, long time. When children like me can't talk, they get very frustrated because they can't say what they want. My family made me a communication board that helped me show what I wanted. I can point to each thing like food, toys, help, and basic needs. When I was able to use this board, the therapists made me try the DynaVox MT4. It was neat because when I pushed a button, it talked for me to my parents. There are new types of boxes available and there are new tablets like iPads so you can download the apps for a price.

What is your favorite app on a tablet or another device to use for communication? I would love to hear from you on the poll on the side of this blog.

- Joshua

Welcome to AutistiKids!

We are two brothers who have autism. I'm fourteen years old and my brother is seventeen.

GOALS of this blog:

• To support other kids with autism and let them know they are not alone. 
• To share funny, sad, and happy stories of life with autism.
• To reach at least 2,500 views for now, but hopefully many more in the future.
• To see what other kids with autism are interested in.

We like to look at road maps, atlases, Minecraft, and Pokémon!