Hello, I’m Jaime, and I’m an autistic woman. As an autistic woman of a certain age (I’m 39), I grew up in the 1980s and
Gender, sexuality and metaphorical penises.
No, not like that.
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
The search for identity, unmasking, and finding an authentic self after a life lived as something else.
A conversation between the world and
My name is Hugh Willis. I am autistic. Having an autism spectrum diagnosis and changing my life narrative has been a difficult journey of self-discovery. Acceptance
Jen Bluhm writes about her experiences with the holidays and all the emotions that come with. She sheds a light on how holidays can truly be made special for autistic people.
Be me, an unknowingly-autistic man. Put yourself in my shoes. I managed school. Literature and English language were a bit of an issue, though. I
One woman tells of her lifelong journey to mask her true identity and the process of allowing herself to take off the mask and be her authentic self.
For people on the spectrum, how well someone fares in the general public or on the job often depends on someone’s ability to hide his
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