
Dear Everyone, Please and Thank You. Signed, Your Autistic Loved One
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
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.
The drive from Wellington, Florida to Chicago takes nineteen hours for a family of average luck. Two days between the promise of a new adventure
It was the anniversary of Moby Dick‘s publication. 15 November 1851. The song was released on 15 November ’18. This has to mean something, but
In my circle of friends and family, I’m known as the quirky one. I’m the odd, funny girl who wishes for peace, love, and happiness
An Open Letter to Non-Autistic Friends and Family, We know you try to relate to us, your autistic loved ones. We appreciate it; we truly
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 most
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 directions
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 painted
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