Poetry: Here I Must Belong
insideamirrormaze
August 14, 2019
An autistic woman explores feeling displaced in a world not designed for her.
Art & Reviews
Poetry: Autism Is Invisible
Autistic Science Person
August 8, 2019
Autism is invisible. The autism was invisible When I said the TV was too loud. The autism was invisible When I asked why people say
#ActuallyAutistic Review of ‘House Rules’ by Jodi Picoult
Jeremy
August 6, 2019
Recommended reading for autistics, but read critically. The story of Jacob Hunt, an 18-year-old autistic man from Townsend, VT accused of murder.
Poetry: Forayer
stinkyzen
August 4, 2019
An autistic marauder finds more than contentment in nature.
Finding Adult Autistic Women in the Media: A Unicorn Hunt
zoecdarazsdi
July 19, 2019
As an adult female with autism who runs a podcast and media outlet, I am what our media would present as a depressingly-rare convergence of traits.
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 Top 5 Autistic Fictional Characters
Yo Samdy Sam
July 7, 2019
Yo Samdy Sam’s favorite autistic characters, from Jane Austen to Gilmore Girls.
Poem: They Called Me a Vulture
JD Leza
June 27, 2019
When Leza was bullied for standing up for survivors of sexual abuse, they turned the abuse on its head by forging a symbolic connection with an oft-maligned but useful animal, the vulture.
Poetry: Unmasking As Autistic Pride
Michelle Sara
June 16, 2019
in the world we live in,we are told the following thingsoverand overand overagain: “get up.” “try harder.” “use your words.” “speak louder.” “stop whining.” “you’re