Lisa M. (@astepoffstage) Bsky

April Update - Autism Recovery YouTube video by Lisa

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I was also late discovery.

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Kids in my neighborhood put up a pop-up art stand. So much cooler then lemonade 💜

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To make matters worse? The special interest was theater. I was an actor and they absolutely loved *that* about me. But I didn’t realize they had never understood me if I wasn’t dancing, singing, and saying scripted lines until I met parents who understood me, fully

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Welp! Following! Feel free to do the same! Haha, you got me with Annie! That show is sewn into my family in the weirdest way! Hoping to write about it one day. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around it

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I have such a love-hate relationship with that show. I have had request to write an essay about it. I have it on the back burner, it’s part of my family legacy at this point. But I’m trying to get my own story out first.

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I have to comment on the fact that there is Annie memorabilia, lol. I did that show blindly a lot as an adopted child actor

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Leiko Tar (Japanese/Swiss Artist, born 1951)
"Wait", 2026.
Mixed Media, Oil and Acrylic.
Digital Painting.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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This is like the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in my life

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I found out I was autistic during this reunion at 38 years old. I had absolutely no idea how much my parents didn’t like me, and how much I had to be like them.

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That gives me the ick

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They’re always helping the wrong person

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Wow, I didn’t even see the correlation. Thank you for thinking of this for us.

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It’s still going on! It’s been a very rocky road.

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Without a genetic history, I didn’t realize that I was headed directly into the same problems that caused my option to begin with.

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I’d hate to self promote but if you want to follow me, I have a really interesting reunion story and I’m just starting to tell it. I didn’t know where I came from so I couldn’t know where I was going or was headed.

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This is something that I’m dealing with right now. It rings true for many adoptees. One can have very loving adoptive parents and also not know where they’re going because they don’t know where they came from. That blindness isn’t something you can always escape through a privileged childhood.

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I wish I could help. I’m actually dealing with the exact same thing. Gotta love the lack of genetic medical history.

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I just talked about the topic on Substack a couple of weeks ago. There are so many male adaptive coping strategies in adoption that involve lying.

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How much of your ghost kingdom where you’re accurate about?

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My Adoption Reunion Story - Part 5: Vocal Surgery, Senior Year, and Silence: How Losing My Voice Unraveled My Identity as an Adoptee What losing my voice taught me about adoption, identity, and the grief no one prepares you for

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My Adoption Reunion Story - Part 4: When a Late Discovery Adoptee Majors in the Art of Performing When an actor's rejection becomes more to bounce back from

#adoptionjourney #adoptionstory #adoptioncommunity #adoptionlove
#adoptionrocks #adoptionlife #adoptiontrauma / #adoptiondad #openadoption #adoptionadvocate #adoptionawareness #feelingsmatter #emotionaltruth
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I’m writing about this on Substack, @defendsurvivors.bsky.social i’m currently going through a scenario where my adoptive parents are loving but not in the way they need to be. Would love for you to check it out and follow! I’m talking about complexities in reunion

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