33 Ways I Manage My Autism

I’d developed dozens of coping mechanisms and life hacks during my life. Then, earlier this year, when I realized I was autistic, I further refined them and bumped them much higher in priority. Today, I cherish each of these autism management techniques more than ever.

Image Credits: Liz Hunt (created using icons, and parts of icons, from Noun Project via a NounPro Unlimited Subscription which grants Royalty-Free Licenses). Inspiration Credit: When designing this collection of images, my inspiration was a deck of cards from ‘La Lotería’. I’m not Latinx, but I’ve long appreciated Latin American cultures. I lived for a year in both Costa Rica and Mexico, and have been studying Spanish off and on for decades (lately getting closer and closer to fluency). The illustrations of this iconic Mexican bingo game have always caught my eye — mainly because they’re beautiful and clever, but also because they’ve helped me learn vocabulary. I love how different artists interpret and style the deck originally popularized in the late 1800s by Don Clemente. It’s a joy to see folks like Mike Alfaro and Cecilia Ruiz modernize and honor ‘La Lotería’.

Thanks for reading! Would you like recommendations for what to do when someone tells you they’re autistic? Or to learn about the multi-stranded, aphantasic, and non-verbal/non-visual way I think?