It was difficult for me to “go along” with what they taught in Sunday school, and when they told us people who “don’t know God go to hell,” I took it literally.
Continue reading The Child Abuse People Don’t Talk About: Religious Indoctrination – The Trauma of Childhood Brainwashing
If I were not Autistic, I would literally not be the same person.
Like with everything else, being Autistic has fundamentally shaped how I relate to gender, since gender is a social construct (and social constructs are one of those things that Autistic People don’t always fit neatly within).
For me, being Autistic means, I am willing to examine these social constructs under a magnifying glass, including gender and sexuality.
I don’t fit into the box. I make my own box. I am the square peg that can’t be put through the round hole (without damaging the peg) – and my experience of gender is no different.
Continue reading Autism and Gender – Explaining NeuroGenders: What do AutiGender and NeuroGender Mean?
The coming out process is not a singular event but a recurring journey that many Queer People bravely and resiliently navigate throughout our lives, demonstrating ongoing courage, resilience, and the need for continuous support. Continue reading The Never-Ending Story, Coming Out, Again and Again: Why Coming Out is a Lifelong Process
This article explores the history and significance of Pride, highlighting its evolution from a protest to a global celebration and emphasizing the importance of remembering its origins.
Continue reading More Than a Party – Pride is a Protest: Remembering the Roots of the Movement
I do something to people from time to time. I don’t mean to, but my mind tricks me, so I do it anyway.
I ghost people.
I disappear and drop contact, leaving people feeling like I don’t like or care about them. Continue reading I’m sorry to everyone I ghosted when I assumed you hated me.
It has been years since Damian Milton rocked the world with the paper: On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem.’
In Damian’s paper, the double empathy problem was defined as:
A disjuncture in reciprocity between two differently disposed social actors which becomes more marked the wider the disjuncture in dispositional perceptions of the lifeworld – perceived as a breach in the ‘natural attitude’ of what constitutes ‘social reality’ for ‘neuro-typical’ people and yet an everyday and often traumatic experience for ‘autistic people.’
What does that mean in more simple language? I will explain in this month’s video. Continue reading Autistic Empathy – Autism and the Double Empathy Problem
Sensory obstacles are one of the biggest hindrances to my ability to communicate and socialize with others. There are a few reasons for this.
One way sensory things create an obstacle for me is that most social events are sensory nightmares by design.
Put a bunch of people in one indoor space, and it is almost always going to be more than my brain can handle (or if I survive it, I will then be exhausted and hung over – without touching alcohol).
If I turn down an invitation, people often take it personally, thinking I don’t want to spend time with them. Continue reading Autism and “Social Difficulties” – How Sensory and Motor Control Differences Can Make Socializing Difficult for Me as an Autistic Person
I’ve discovered that the key to unlocking my potential and reducing my struggles lies in the autonomy and control that come with adulthood, a freedom that is often denied to NeuroDivergent youngsters.
Continue reading Autonomy Unlocked: A Life of My Own – How Adulthood Gave Me the Freedom I Needed to Thrive as an Autistic Person
I’ve made no attempts to keep the fact that I am Polyamorous to myself. This particular facet of my identity is one that I’ve known about since middle school (when I first found myself attracted to multiple people at the … Continue reading I’m Polyamorous but I’m Also Afraid of Starting New Personal Relationships
When I was finally diagnosed Autistic at the age of 29, I realized all I had lost in my years of forcing myself into conformity and set out on a mission to get the person I lost back.
Continue reading Steps to Stabilization After Learning You are NeuroDivergent
