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Lacy Pierce

Lacy Pierce

Empathy and Autism

*Please note that I do not intend for this, or anything else I write about ASD or other mental health topics, to be a substitute for an…

May 29

Empathy and Autism

May 29

Lacy Pierce

A Few Reasons Asking for Help is Gargantuan Struggle for Me

Please note that this is my personal experience. I do not pretend to speak for the neurodivergent population as a whole. Nothing I say is…

Apr 6

A Few Reasons Asking for Help is Gargantuan Struggle for Me

Apr 6

Lacy Pierce

Common Negative Issues with Us Autistics and How We Can Work Through Them

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Jan 15

Common Negative Issues with Us Autistics and How We Can Work Through Them

Jan 15

Lacy Pierce

Why Are Autistic People Taken Advantage of

Trigger warning: Details of abuse and exploitation here.

Sep 21, 2023

Why Are Autistic People Taken Advantage of

Sep 21, 2023

Lacy Pierce

I never had ABA myself.

One thing I remember seeing in the first is this one tech who, as a reward, switched on one of those tiny hand fans, freaking put it under…

Jul 16, 2023

Jul 16, 2023

Lacy Pierce

Thank you for speaking up!

Homophobes are still everywhere, unfortunately. But, rest assured, not every one of us cis women is prejudiced like that. I'm not. In fact…

Jul 16, 2023

Jul 16, 2023

Lacy Pierce

My Background with Autism

I was first diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified) in the 1990’s. This was when the DSM-IV…

Jul 16, 2023

My Background with Autism

Jul 16, 2023

Lacy Pierce

Lack of Persistence: Ways That Autism Does NOT Show Up in Me

I am not what is still currently considered to be “stereotypically autistic” per the current edition of the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical…

Jul 16, 2023

Lack of Persistence: Ways That Autism Does NOT Show Up in Me

Jul 16, 2023

Lacy Pierce

I can definitely relate to the talking on the phone one!

I used to believe that small talk was superficial, unnecessary and a colossal waste of time and energy as well. Until I discovered-and it…

Jul 15, 2023

Jul 15, 2023

Lacy Pierce

My Autistic Miscuing, Part 2

Suspecting Maliciousness Where It Wasn’t

Jul 15, 2023

My Autistic Miscuing, Part 2

Jul 15, 2023

Lacy Pierce

Lacy Pierce

I have ASD and am an abuse survivor. I have a B.A. in Psychology and am certified as an abuse/addiction recovery coach.

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