Let’s dive into the most universal autistic experience of all… and it’s one hiding right in front of your face.
Even if no one talks about it…
Category: Symptoms
How did autistic & other neurodiverse kids survive the Dark Ages before IEPs, 504 plans, targeted therapy, noise-canceling headphones…?
Here’s some brutal autistic truth-teling for ya… (with transcript)
Ever hear of autistic masking?
If you’re wondering if you ARE autistic… this is gonna sound strangely familiar… (podcast w/transcript).
…Over. And over. And over. Again. Ikr?
This one’s about as real as I’m ever gonna get.
Nonspeaking autists are not who you think… or see…
Must-see… can’t-look-away video.
Parents are powerful. But not omnipotent…
What could be more basic to human experience than…
Speech…?
Mebbe, just mebbe… I’m not precisely… human.
Sweetie…
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be autistic…
Big topic.
Let’s try talking…
I fear every police officer & cop car I see.
And in 21st Century America… I see them everywhere.
So I bought a Medical Alert Bracelet. To protect myself from “helping” First Responders…
I’ve been struggling with some self-doubt.
It’s an autism thang.
I begin a series exploring how my autistic mind works…
Cuz if we don’t show ’em our hearts…. How will they ever love us?
I’ve come to enjoy the sound of my own voice…
Understanding how & why takes me stumbling down a deep rabbit hole…
Can’t wrap my head around it. Not this moment in history… Not this moment in my life…
Not this m o m e n t
No apology. No justification. No lecture. No discussion. No education. No enlightenment…
Here’s the experience of autistic sensory overload.
When the fog of meltdown comes on, I can’t think of what to do in that moment… to just deal….
So I made a little list…
Autistic joy is hard to explain to another person. Pretty much ANY non-autistic person.
And trying to… drags me into Deep Philosophical Waters…
The issue isn’t age, education, or IQ… Autistics vary just like neurotypical humans…
But intensity…? We got that covered like stink on shiznit.
If you knew if you pushed a button, you gave a child electroshocks… Would you? Could you…? How eye contact feels to this autistic…
When I experience a meltdown, whether it manifests as panic attack, “autistic rage,” or shutting down…
For a while, the “me” I’m accustomed to being… disappears.
