Parents are powerful. But not omnipotent… More
Tag Archives: Symptoms
50 Shades of Autistic Thinking, Pt 2: Verbal Processing
What could be more basic to human experience than…
Speech…?
Mebbe, just mebbe… I’m not precisely… human.
Autism & Love…
Big topic.
Let’s try talking…More
I’m Autistic. I Fear Cops….
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…More
Autistic Self-Doubt: A brief, very personal post.
I’ve been struggling with some self-doubt.
It’s an autism thang.More
50 Shades of Autistic Thinking, Pt. 1: Magic is Afoot…
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? More
Autistic Masking as Performance Art
I’ve come to enjoy the sound of my own voice…
Understanding how & why takes me stumbling down a deep rabbit hole…
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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
Autism in Poetry: Sensory Overload, NOISE…
No apology. No justification. No lecture. No discussion. No education. No enlightenment…
Here’s the experience of autistic sensory overload.More
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…More
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.More