‘Why do (or don’t) you…’

Eleven is a tough age.  It pulls on every fiber of your body.  It tugs at every neuron in your …

Asperger’s / autism and self-acceptance (#IveLearnedToAccept)

Several months ago (I’m not sure exactly when–I only remember that it was hot outside, which narrows the timeframe down …

Sharing: Wrong Model, Wrong Research

This is an incredibly insightful post that I think is absolutely spot-on.  While I’m a self-confessed research addict, I do …

Sharing: Letting Go Of Fitting In

What a brilliant post!  No wonder it was one of only six selected for reading at the recent AANE conference …

I tried to be cool

At first, it wasn’t like that.  In kindergarten (both years, for me), nobody really understands the concept of “cool”, so …

Everybody else is doing it, so why can’t I?

Some days are bright and sunny in my brain.  On those days, I feel almost invincible.  Whatever I touch turns …

(My) Asperger’s / autism and people-pleasing

I’m a people-pleaser. There – I said it. Definitely not all the time.  But enough of the time that it …

Shapeshifting ~ Part 2

In the previous post on this subject, I covered my various personas, or avatars, I adopted during various phases of …

Shapeshifting ~ Part 1

I ran across AnonymouslyAutistic (Anna)’s amazing post about multiple personas a long time ago (which, these days, is like five …

Sifting through the US CDC’s official diagnostic criteria for autism ~ Part C: (yeah…about that ‘masking’ thing…)

This post is the fifth post in a multi-post series in which I’ve interpreted the United States’ official CDC criteria …

‘The cheese stands alone’ ~ (a neurodivergent paradox)

“The Farmer in the Dell” is a children’s song, usually sung in unison, in nursery or elementary/primary school. We sang …