This article by Annie Kotowicz of Neurobeautiful explores Brontë’s Jane Eyre as autistic. By interpreting Jane as an autistic character, readers can gain insight into the complex thinking that drives autistic actions.
Using personal experience and science, I was able to self diagnose myself in my early twenties. Finding the average age of an autistic is 36 – 37 years old…I let that sink in for a few months as I started to battle with myself about what I should focus on in the next phase of my life.
Olympia Ellinas explains what it’s like to have apraxia of speech, why many autistic folk are non-speaking, and why AAC devices are a human rights issue.
A man takes stock of what it means to be an autistic father and reflects that his own father, too, might have been on the spectrum.
For many people with an Autism Spectrum neurology, anxiety is a constant companion. Confiding in others when our anxiety compounds– especially for a specific problem– can be difficult, even with someone we trust.
Eventually I spoke to my mum about it. Well…I never really discussed it, I simply said that I received the diagnosis. I wanted to explain
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
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