A short break…

Please forgive me; I have taken a brief break from Silent Wave blogging for a couple days, and I might …

Can’t brace for shockwaves

I’m sitting on the couch in the living room.  My partner, the more physically coordinated and adept of us two, …

Denying or restricting access to a ‘special interest’ is a subtler form of abuse [Mental Health Monday]

I’m going to try not to get too graphic here, for obvious reasons.  I don’t want to kick off the …

My autism and my semicolon project

Today, I met with three people, one at a time, in rapid succession. Today marks the two-year anniversary of my …

Autistic and overwhelmed

I’m 1,350 miles away from home.  I’m surrounded by 1,300 people, practically all of them neurotypical, from uppity posh socioeconomic …

Sharing: Too Many Voices

This (excellent!) post perfectly expresses what I’ve been feeling over the past few months.  It’s hard to tell when I …

Irritability

I have almost always been prone to irritability.  I could never quite understand where it came from.  It would just …

Autism talks back [a rebuttal]

(Issuing a Content Advisory/Trigger Warning; ableism and pessimistic viewpoint of autism by one non-autistic parent (emphasized to indicate that I …

Stagnating, hesitating, and contemplating

I’m having a tough time getting motivated today.  It’s like approaching an escalator that’s moving at a palatable speed, but …

They thought I was “controlling”…when I was just actually autistic

I didn’t know much.  I just knew that having my toys (or later, clothes) and other belongings organized felt good.  …

The intense world ~ probably not just a theory

Up until recent years, the general consensus was that people on the Asperger’s/autism spectrum didn’t respond appropriately to external stimuli.  …

Make it stop

(Note: this isn’t to criticize the people involved; the situation just is what it is, due to differing neurology.) 🙂 …