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Autism and Special Interests: When Your Passion Sends You Packing... to Another Country

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 Girls Didn’t Have It Back Then

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 for the Part Where I See My Own Face)

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 Denial Strategies

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 in Ritual, Last Place in Actual Rest)

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.

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...