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My Fuel Bubble

  After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have all greatly benefited from access to education from home. Recently, he teen tried to put into words why this was important for him and shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’. He explained that his fuel bubble has several components. It is the physical space, around his desk, as well as the desk itself, set up just the way he likes it. People coming into his space, especially without warning or preparation, use up his available fuel. Even familiar people coming within a certain distance can have this effect. The closer to the desk, the more fuel is used up. Meanwhile the items he chooses to have close, and the way his desk is organised, his way, gives him energy. When inside his fuel bubble he often connects to others’ fuel bubbles. This can be through virtual connections online, even YouTube videos, but also through real life interaction. Chattin...
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Fuel Bubble: 2.0

 

A few months ago, I posted a blog entitled, 'My Fuel Bubble': A written explanation and exploration of an original idea that my autistic son had shared with me.

This is an attempt at a dynamic explanation in visuals and words.


MyFuel Bubble 2.0 is a short film, describing how a fuel bubble is formed and held. Fuel bubbles are personal and unique to all of us, no matter our neurotype. They give us authentic energy to be and to be well. They are also transient, dynamic and vulnerable to changes in the elements that help shape them. When the energy needed to sustain a stable or controlled energy flow within the fuel bubble reaches a critical level of ‘imbalance’, the bubble may burst and energy is rapidly lost. This might look on the outside like a 'meltdown' or a 'shutdown'. Our fuel bubbles rarely disappear completely, but after energy is lost, fuel bubbles are understandably smaller, and may take time to reform. A frequent cycle of forming-bursting-forming, or where bubbles are burst in unpredictable or intense ways, can lead to more significant effects, such as 'exhaustion' or 'burnout'.

 

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