List: Autism Stories | me | Curated by Thaddeus

Dec 2, 2023
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Autism Stories | meDiagnosed with autism and severe ADHD later in life, I write to make sense of it all.
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Invisible Illness
Autistic Dis-Connect HurtsWhy do I struggle to connect with other people?
Dec 2, 2023
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Dec 2, 2023
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ArtfullyAutistic
I Want Touch | Don’t Touch MeTouch shouldn’t be this difficult
Sep 11, 2023
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Sep 11, 2023
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ArtfullyAutistic
My Special Interest in Autism Crashed Memore life with late-diagnosed autism
Aug 19, 2023
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Aug 19, 2023
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How A Recent Autism Diagnosis Shakes Apart My Self-MythologyWhen one year ago at age 65 I was diagnosed with autism, I thought I knew what I was getting into. Finally perhaps I could understand why I…
Feb 15, 2023
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Feb 15, 2023
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Get Thee To A Neurodivergent Support GroupWith apologies to Mr. William Shakespeare, who in Hamlet Act 3, scene 1, 114–121, has the melancholy prince say to Ophelia “Get thee to a…
Feb 22, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023
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Autism Girl: A Song of Shame and Regret, then GraceAnd she stood in her backyard, framed in chain-link. Dark eyed and lithe and lonely she gazed out as if from a prison yard. She was 10 and…
Mar 3, 2023
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Mar 3, 2023
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Why I Walk With Eyes ClosedA meditation on other ways to see the world…
Mar 30, 2023
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Mar 30, 2023
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One Year After My Autism DiagnosisI Still Feel Broken. It wasn’t supposed to be this way…
Apr 11, 2023
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Apr 11, 2023
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How A Non-Speaking Autistic Girl Eased My Imposter SyndromeSometimes help comes from unexpected places
Apr 19, 2023
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Apr 19, 2023
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Autistic Unmasking: Not Easy, If I Am HonestMasking against the world is easier to unravel than masking against myself
May 3, 2023
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May 3, 2023
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ArtfullyAutistic
Autistic BreakfastA lighthearted meditation on routine
Apr 28, 2023
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Apr 28, 2023
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ArtfullyAutistic
BBC’s TV Series A Kind of Spark: An Autistic AppreciationYou must watch this. Trust me!
May 25, 2023
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May 25, 2023
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I Speak With a Neurodivergent AccentNeurodivergent Tapas Series #01
Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023
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The Shortform
Anime May Save You— even the un-young —
May 29, 2023
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May 29, 2023
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My Hands Sought Audience with MeAn actual conversation with some liberties taken
Apr 24, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
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mask :: contrastTwo flavors of autistic masking; tw: veiled reference to suicide
May 15, 2023
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May 15, 2023
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Longing | UnmetA Poem About Touch
May 23, 2023
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May 23, 2023
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