Poetry: Echelons of Autism
stinkyzen
November 26, 2019
Poetry about the levels of autism and where one autistic woman falls in that hierarchy of support needs.
stinkyzen
An autist diagnosed later in life, with a love of reading and writing, and some fairly quirky attitudes.
Poetry: Beholden
stinkyzen
November 8, 2019
I can’t tell them it’s all right, but I can be with them. I am still strong, and I will never forget the green, and the wind from the high places. —This is when I am—
Elements of Executive Function: Road Trip Without a Map
stinkyzen
October 18, 2019
What exactly is executive (dys)function, and what does it look like in everyday life? A hopeful exploration for autistics and ADHDers.
Poetry: The Relativity of Necessity
stinkyzen
August 29, 2019
What are we really saying when we say, “Oh well,” “nevermind,” “I can do without it,” or “forget I ever mentioned it. A poetic exploration.
Poetry: Annoying Noises
stinkyzen
August 16, 2019
An autistic exploration of the sounds of the world in the form of a humorous sestina, a type of poem that follows a pattern of repetition.
Poetry: Forayer
stinkyzen
August 4, 2019
An autistic marauder finds more than contentment in nature.
Poetry: Encounter
stinkyzen
July 15, 2019
Feel my gaze as a wild thing’s nearby attention— when you meet it, be gentle. My burrow is close, to hide me from sudden strangers.
Poetry: Away and Apart
stinkyzen
July 9, 2019
A powerful poem about imagination, the value of solitude, the experience of nature, and the separation between an autistic and the rest of society.
My Autist Manifesto
stinkyzen
June 24, 2019
“I have seen the shadow of doubt, and I went out and bought a floodlight with extra batteries.”
