I am autistic. The teen years are rough on everyone—there’s no question about it. Surviving them when you live with undiagnosed ASD and co-occurring, untreated major depression… well, speaking from personal experience, that counts as a special brand of hell.
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.
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.
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.
Neurodivergent people often express their affection in ways that are not interpreted as love by neurotypicals.
Resident diva and listmaker extraordinaire Patrick Magpie, unsure in all of his inherent awkwardness, asked some friends about how to approach a crush.
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.
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
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,
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