Gender stereotypes, expectations, assumptions, and … the Asperger’s / Autism Spectrum

I used to be a massage therapist.  In the world of massage therapy, even in the present day, most first-time …

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 …

The beauty in the gray

An INTJ-A* (Myers-Briggs type) Aspie (that’s me) is about as “black and white” as it gets. Something either is, or …

Asperger’s / autism and puberty, gender identity, & nonbinarism ~ one Aspie / autistic person’s experience

Biologically, I was born female. My brain doesn’t agree.  Never has. My brain doesn’t see myself, my identity, my person, …

10 Things *not* to assume about all Asperger’s / autistic females

My mom always said, “never assume.  Look at the way it’s spelled.  To assume makes an ‘ass’ out of ‘u’ …