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Autism and Special Interests: When Your Passion...
If you know someone with autism, you might have heard about their “special interests.” You know, those all-consuming passions that take over your brain like a friendly (but very intense)...
Autism and Special Interests: When Your Passion...
If you know someone with autism, you might have heard about their “special interests.” You know, those all-consuming passions that take over your brain like a friendly (but very intense)...
Undiagnosed Autism and Me: Because Apparently G...
Back in the day, autism was a “boys-only” club — and girls just weren’t on the guest list. So I grew up blissfully (or not-so-blissfully) undiagnosed, cruising through childhood with...
Undiagnosed Autism and Me: Because Apparently G...
Back in the day, autism was a “boys-only” club — and girls just weren’t on the guest list. So I grew up blissfully (or not-so-blissfully) undiagnosed, cruising through childhood with...
Virtual Meetings: The Autistic Dream (Except fo...
Let me be the first to say it:Thank you, technology. Thank you for blessing us with virtual meetings—the sacred space where I, an autistic human with the social finesse of...
Virtual Meetings: The Autistic Dream (Except fo...
Let me be the first to say it:Thank you, technology. Thank you for blessing us with virtual meetings—the sacred space where I, an autistic human with the social finesse of...
I Don’t Have Bowels and Other Fun Autistic Deni...
So apparently—according to scientists, researchers, and people who insist on saying “gut health” like it’s a casual thing—it’s super common for autistic people to have bowel issues. To which I...
I Don’t Have Bowels and Other Fun Autistic Deni...
So apparently—according to scientists, researchers, and people who insist on saying “gut health” like it’s a casual thing—it’s super common for autistic people to have bowel issues. To which I...
The Olympic Sport of Autistic Sleep (Gold Medal...
Let me start by saying this:Sleep is hard. Not in the “I stayed up binge-watching murder documentaries and now I’m tired” kind of way. No. I mean hard in the...
The Olympic Sport of Autistic Sleep (Gold Medal...
Let me start by saying this:Sleep is hard. Not in the “I stayed up binge-watching murder documentaries and now I’m tired” kind of way. No. I mean hard in the...
Spoon Theory? Masking? I don't think so.
Okay, confession time: as an autistic person, metaphors are my nemesis. I mean, I get them, but my literal brain takes them way too seriously. So when it comes to...
Spoon Theory? Masking? I don't think so.
Okay, confession time: as an autistic person, metaphors are my nemesis. I mean, I get them, but my literal brain takes them way too seriously. So when it comes to...