Think about it. What do most humans want from a new home? Big welcoming entrance. Living room. Dining room. Family room. Home theater. Bathrooms. Closets… All to entertain & impress guests. For everything else… they invented tool sheds… and storage units. Honestly…? Autistic-as-fuck-dot-me has different priorities. Which is why you won’t find much discussion of…
“I’ve started to wonder if I’m autistic,” I told my husband. By “started to wonder,” I meant that I’d been doing extensive research for weeks. I’d taken multiple adult autism self-assessments and read first-person accounts of women diagnosed with autism later in life. I really meant that I’d already figured some things out. But as…
I open this essay for autism acceptance month with this moment as it, and the exhaustion from the weekend, contains a lot of information on what it is like to be autistic. It is easier to convey the experience of being autistic through everyday life rather than a filtered presentation as it affects your life…
So, you want to learn more about autism? Here are a few things you need to know. I am autistic. The world of autism is quite diverse, so my experience is just that, mine. And I am writing this for non-autistic people or, using the language of the autism community “neurotypicals” (NT) – my family,…
The Neurodiversity Movement is growing as advocates push for acceptance instead of a cure for numerous neurodivergences including, but not limited to, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). As a person with ASD and Other Specified ADHD, I too am pushing for a world of acceptance instead of a cure. Because if…
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