Culture & Identity

Moods of a morning

Anantha Krishnamurthy December 12, 2021

This poem is a PDAers anthem. Teen nonspeaker Anantha writes about the drive for autonomy and the freedom found in immersing in a passion.

How I Came to be Diagnosed with Autism at 55 Years of Age

David Chin December 12, 2021

Autistic elder David Chin spent life dealing with depression and masking. At age 55, life’s difficult mysteries came into focus when he was diagnosed with autism, giving him the tools to arrange his life to suit his neurology.

Autism and Relentless Analogizing: We make analogies about making analogies

Terra Vance December 7, 2021

Autistic people create analogies to relate, to solve problems, and to relieve stress. It’s related to their identity, neurology, values, and pattern recognition— NOT deficits in theory of mind.

Autism and Going to the Doctor: How it feels from the inside

AFeralWolfChild December 7, 2021

Wolfheart Sanchez talks about the sensory hell of a doctor’s office and the multiple concurrent tracks that play through an overstimulated autistic person’s brain.

Poetry: Cosmic Archaeologist

Dynamite Garden December 6, 2021

Cosmic Archaeologist is a poem of traumatic brain Memories and the tireless Work of the Silent Muse.

Understanding human collective behaviour

Jorn Bettin December 6, 2021

If I would have had access to some magical time machine for procuring books when I was a teenager, it would have spared me many surprises, and I might have been able to avoid a few detours on my journey through life to date.