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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Note: "Becoming" in the title here does not refer to the fact that I suddenly "became" autistic - if you're autistic, you've been that way since birth. But in this case, realizing it late in life, I feel that I'm truly becoming my best self knowing about my autism. A little over a year ago, [...]
"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 [...]
It's the time of year when everyone is talking about intentions. Call them what you will: intentions, resolutions, goals. Several times in the past week, people have asked if I have any intentions for the new year. Each time, the first thought that popped into my head was, "Survive." I don't know who first decided [...]
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 [...]
