Being a Good Friend When Talking About Suicide #NoDejahVu
Discussing suicide attempts and responding in crisis is always hard. Talking about it will help prepare people for these hard conversations.
Four Words: You Need to Change
Beginning when he was young, and throughout is life, John was told that he needed to change. This forced him to resent and feel ashamed of being autistic. Here’s how he found the soil to grow in the light of acceptance.
Coming Out to Family and Friends as Autistic
In this article, Jude Clee takes a brief look at the difficulties that autistic people face when opening up about being autistic and shares some of her experiences.
College: The Highs and Lows For An Autistic Student
One autistic college student found out the hard way that college was not what he had expected, and navigating the social terrain was a clumsy journey.
17 Ways to Say “I Love You” in Neurodivergent
Neurodivergent people often express their affection in ways that are not interpreted as love by neurotypicals.
How Do You Ask Your Crush Out?
Resident diva and listmaker extraordinaire Patrick Magpie, unsure in all of his inherent awkwardness, asked some friends about how to approach a crush.
The Joys of Working Within Your Tribe
When one workplace was a little too ideal and socially-seamless to be realistic, one woman shared her diagnosis with her coworkers. This is what happened.
Why I Choose Autistic Pride
Growing up, I was acutely aware that I did not belong. The proverbial elephant in the room, my identity was carved out of all the things I definitely was not. I was no one in any books or movies I watched. I was nowhere in conversations about what I could and could not do. I […]
Wanting to be Alone and Together: A Paradox
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, and I still think about it occasionally. It’s only recently however that I’ve reflected upon what this dream actually says about my psyche. The dream goes something like this. I […]
7 Cool Aspects of Autistic Culture
When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bought Old Dutch brand chips instead of Ruffles. People get impatient with you when you refuse to touch your shoelaces to tie them. No one else in the room seems to […]
