Dear Everyone, Please and Thank You. Signed, Your Autistic Loved One
2019-02-06
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
Forming Myself in Their Image: A Tale of My Shoggoth
2019-01-12
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
Growing up with Selective Mutism
2018-12-02
The drive from Wellington, Florida to Chicago takes nineteen hours for a family of average luck. Two days between the promise of a new adventureContinue Reading
On Connection and Loss
2018-11-30
I don’t easily arrive at an emotional connection, but once I let my guard down and allow that connection to flourish, it is hard andContinue Reading
On Asperger’s and Communication
2018-11-19
Communication is complicated. The average person communicates not only with their words, but with body language, inflection, and sub-text as well. We are expected toContinue Reading
The Jar Principle: On Over-Stimulation & Social Exhaustion
2018-09-26
There is something within the chronic illness community known as the “Spoon Theory.” In this analogy, the spoons stand for the amount of energy aContinue Reading
Allism Spectrum Disorders: A Parody
2018-09-23
In prevailing literature, people on the autism spectrum have all of their traits, their behaviors, and even their very existence pathologized. They are considered toContinue Reading
Autism and Friendships Part 1: The Polish of a One-Winged Albatross
2018-09-11
It was hard to come out as an aspie (a person with Asperger’s syndrome). I started with some people I thought would be the mostContinue Reading
Autism and Friendships Part 2: 30 Ways to be a Friend to a Person on the Spectrum
2018-09-11
For someone on the spectrum, navigating relationships with neurotypical (non-autistic) people is the social equivalent of assembling an Ikea shelf with missing parts and directionsContinue Reading
Autism and Friendships: Adding Color to your Spectrum
2018-09-11
They’re out there, in the brushstrokes of the original, museum-quality painting hanging in your favorite hole-in-the-wall pub, or the Louvre, or the kaleidoscopic mural paintedContinue Reading