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Sarah Kurchak

On watching old men fight while you’re getting older, too

On February 7, 1982, I came into this world in the early hours of the morning. I didn’t sleep much that night. Or the next one. Or any…

10 min readFeb 12, 2024

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On watching old men fight while you’re getting older, too

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Sarah Kurchak

on writing and editing my ‘memoir’

tw/cw: suicidal ideation, self harm, police, wellness check

22 min readJul 21, 2022

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Sarah Kurchak’s Love on the Spectrum Article, Translated by Sarah Kurchak

11 min readAug 20, 2020

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Sarah Kurchak’s Love on the Spectrum Article, Translated by Sarah Kurchak

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Kurchak on Kurchak: An Interview With The Author of “I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This…

She wrote a book and all she got was this lousy pandemic.

11 min readApr 18, 2020

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Kurchak on Kurchak: An Interview With The Author of “I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This…

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Serena DeJesus: The Mixed Martial Autist

This story originally appeared on JetLi.com in March, 2018.

5 min readNov 1, 2019

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Serena DeJesus: The Mixed Martial Autist

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Critics of Hannah Gadsby Don’t Understand Autism

Being a “high-functioning” autistic myself, I’ve seen firsthand how people can mistake austistic behavior for veiled narcissism

5 min readJul 30, 2019

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Critics of Hannah Gadsby Don’t Understand Autism

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Dysfunction, Drama, and Diarrhea: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’

The set of the 1960s Western was awash in toxic masculinity, fragile egos, and gastrointestinal distress

12 min readDec 8, 2018

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Dysfunction, Drama, and Diarrhea: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’

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I Went to See “In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert — The Hologram Tour” and I Have Some Questions

I saw In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert — The Hologram Tour at The Sony Center last night, a show I was anticipating so highly that I…

6 min readNov 5, 2018

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I Went to See “In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert — The Hologram Tour” and I Have Some Questions

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The Stories We Don’t Tell: My Mom On Raising An Autistic Child And Why She’ll Never Write About Me

When I’m feeling particularly frustrated with my career, I offer to ghostwrite a memoir for my mom. It’s a slightly bitter, semi-serious…

12 min readMar 6, 2018

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The Stories We Don’t Tell: My Mom On Raising An Autistic Child And Why She’ll Never Write About Me

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To Neurotypicals On My 36th Birthday

36 is the average age of mortality for autistic people. I’m autistic. And I just turned 36.

6 min readFeb 7, 2018

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Sarah Kurchak

Sarah Kurchak

Author of I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder (April 2020, Douglas & McIntyre). Covers autism and pop culture. Loves wrestling.

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