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 …

When people say “hi”

I freeze inside.  I know I should say hi back.  But then the ball is in their court; I no …

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 …

Sharing: The point of neurotypical “small talk”

Originally posted on I CAN Be Autistic:
This is what it seems like to me, most of the time I think I’ve figured…