Exciting new autism research

Last week, researchers at Princeton University published a groundbreaking research study about autism. There are a couple of things that make this such exciting news for anyone wanting to learn more about or better understand autism: They were able to group behaviors and traits of autism into four distinct subtypes of autism. This will likely [...]

By |2025-07-16T18:11:19-04:00July 16th, 2025|Mental Health, Neurodivergence|Comments Off on Exciting new autism research

Sensory meltdown: What is it and how do I recover?

Before I started thinking I might be autistic, I had several incidents that I thought were panic attacks. When I talked to my doctor and psychiatrist about these, they were a bit mystified, since panic attacks don't often have triggers as specific as mine. (They definitely can, it just tends to be somewhat rare.) These [...]

By |2025-07-10T18:53:05-04:00July 10th, 2025|Mental Health, Neurodivergence|Comments Off on Sensory meltdown: What is it and how do I recover?

What is AuDHD?

Maybe you've never heard the term "AuDHD," or perhaps you've heard it and have no idea what it means. AuDHD is the shorthand those of us who are both autistic and have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, use to identify ourselves - a simple combination of those two terms. This is a relatively new [...]

By |2025-05-14T09:52:13-04:00May 14th, 2025|Mental Health, Neurodivergence|Comments Off on What is AuDHD?

Dear person who says they love me but voted for Trump

This past month has been something I hoped to never experience. And though I was freshly hurt in November, since this administration has taken office, the hurt I have felt has dug in deep and started to grow roots. I know I'm not the only one feeling this way. So for those of us with [...]

By |2025-02-12T18:41:22-05:00February 12th, 2025|General, Mental Health|Comments Off on Dear person who says they love me but voted for Trump

Adult Autism: Seeking an official diagnosis

A little over a year ago, I started to wonder if maybe I was autistic. Not one to let things go (also known as hyperfixation), my exploration led me to reading scientific books about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and memoirs by autistic people, listening to various podcasts about autism, and looking up resources and information [...]

By |2023-12-01T13:33:45-05:00December 1st, 2023|Mental Health, Neurodivergence|Comments Off on Adult Autism: Seeking an official diagnosis

A Neurodivergent Girl in a Neurotypical (Work) World

Alternate title: I'm just a girl, standing in front of her work, asking you to be more neurodivergent-friendly. As I have been learning about my own neurodivergence (with both autism and ADHD), I have been slowly but surely peeling back all the things that I have done to make it in a world that is [...]

By |2023-08-30T19:01:03-04:00August 30th, 2023|Life Lessons, Mental Health, Neurodivergence|1 Comment

Are You OK?

"Are you OK?" What is it about that magic question that always gets to the heart of the matter for me? Someone can ask me how I'm doing, and I can fib away any bad feelings with no issues. In fact, I have a few ready answers just in case such an event arises: I'm [...]

By |2023-01-18T21:44:05-05:00January 18th, 2023|Mental Health|Comments Off on Are You OK?

What Ted Lasso Gets (Mostly) Right About Mental Illness

Unless you've been under a rock lately - and hey, I wouldn't blame you if you were - you've probably been hearing lots about the television series Ted Lasso. The show follows the quirky and cheerful Kansas football coach to England, where he coaches a different kind of football. The show has won many fans [...]

By |2021-10-21T10:03:00-04:00October 21st, 2021|Mental Health, Pop Culture|Comments Off on What Ted Lasso Gets (Mostly) Right About Mental Illness
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