Sensory

A guy holding up a poster in front of their face with a sad emoticon on it, while holding their phone.

No, Really, I’m Fine (on Alexithymia)

Michaela Morgan June 18, 2019

Alexithymia has never been so thoroughly or thoughtfully defined in all the ways it affects a person who can’t feel exactly how it affects them.

Wanting to be Alone and Together: A Paradox

Jeremy June 17, 2019

I have had a recurring dream since I was a young child. I dreamt it quite often between the ages of about 8 to 14,

Sensory Survival: Living with hypersensitivity, overwhelm, & meltdowns

differentnotdeficient April 28, 2019

For those who don’t much about it, I’d like to explain to you sensory hypersensitivity, sensory overwhelm, and meltdowns from a first-person perspective. Our sensory

Autism and Pregnancy: A Birth Experience

erinphillips84 April 22, 2019

A birth experience involving autism, pre-eclampsia, and a Cesarean. The sensory consequences of labor and delivery.

Sound and Fury

C. M. Condo February 8, 2019

At some point, this will end. Nothing lasts forever. It will stop. It will. Yesterday, I sat through an hour and a half of torture.

Emotional Overload and Aspie Understanding

aspieaspired December 13, 2018

The media paints a picture of Aspies that is incorrect. We are thought to be disruptive, burdensome, and downright dangerous. That’s what outsiders want you

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A Funhouse of Horrors: 8 Ways Autism, OCD, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, & Synesthesia Intersect

Terra Vance November 14, 2018

Terra Vance writes about her experience as a multiply neurodivergent person being autistic, dyslexic, synesthetic with OCD and sensory processing disorder.