Tag: Autism
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Autistic Self-Doubt: A brief, very personal post.
I’ve been struggling with some self-doubt. It’s an autism thang.
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Cooking while Autistic: Wilted Garden Salad
Wilted Garden Salad… About 10 minutes. Tops! Massive Nutrition! Vegan! (Or Not!)
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Autistic Folk Don’t Need IDs… OR. Armed. Cops.
There is no… none whatsoever… NO reason for a person performing a welfare check, or other purely social service, to be packing any form of lethal weapon.
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Autism in Poetry: My Friend Billy
Friendship is complex for this autistic… Billy & I had nothing in common. Except our hearts.
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What My Autism Looks Like… Right NOW.
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
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Autism in Poetry: Got A Hate On
My autistic heart cannot seperate my life from our world’s fate… And the rising tides of hate.
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Managing My Autism… A Personal Panic List
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…
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On #AutisticJoy, Personality & Being in the Flow…
Autistic joy is hard to explain to another person. Pretty much ANY non-autistic person. And trying to… drags me into Deep Philosophical Waters…
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Autism In Poetry, Shutdowns: Believe I’ll Ch-Ch-Change My Shirt
“Well, we all have meltdowns, don’t we sweetie…?” Ummmmm… Actually…? No.
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Special Interests? Autistic Passion Ain’t Cute & Cuddly
The issue isn’t age, education, or IQ… Autistics vary just like neurotypical humans… But intensity…? We got that covered like stink on shiznit.
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Autism in Poetry: Letting Go…
For some, living autistic is about the exhausting quest for…Perfection.
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Meltdowns & Shutdowns: BBC’s 1800 Seconds on Autism
What an honor! I’m interviewed on BBC’s 1800 Seconds on Autism: Meltdowns & Shutdowns
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Autism in Poetry: Shameless… Living Out Loud.
#AutismAcceptance…? Look out. That first step’s a doozy…
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Inside Autism & Eye Contact: How It Feels
If you knew if you pushed a button, you gave a child electroshocks… Would you? Could you…? How eye contact feels to this autistic…
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Movies Taught Me about Life: How Hollywood Failed My Autism
Actors are PAID to get across what they’re feeling. While real-life humans seem to work desperately to keep it hidden… From me.
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Inside an Autistic Meltdown… I D i s a p p e a r . . .
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.
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#ActuallyAutistic. But Desperately Trying to Reach You…
My apologies. I write like a 50s movie voiceover stuck in the wrong century. But I’m desperately trying to tell you something…
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Betty White: TV’s Patron Saint of Autism….?
Did anyone ever deliver such devastating truth, in so few words, when you least expect it…? Did anyone ever have less of a clue in social situations…?
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How to Stop Worrying & Be #ActuallyAutistic on Facebook
I have difficulty communicating… back & forth in a written conversation. Just as much, maybe worse, as I do face to face…
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Warning: Dark Autist in a Transcendental Mood…
Sometimes I get my head out of my ass… Err, the political crisis of the moment, take a step back, catch a breath, and….
#AutisticAF 