Life on the Autism Spectrum

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The stereotype of laundry challenges is how to pick the right setting on the washing machine so you don’t ruin your clothes — shrink them…

When I spend time in online forums or speaking to other autistic people in person, one of the things that I notice is how often we have…

Pretty much every self-help guru or coach I’ve come across seems to believe that if you’re motivated enough then you’ll accomplish whatever…

Everyone has sensory needs it’s not something for just autistic people, but people with autism are more sensitive to their sensory needs…

Autism is very tied to my identity because it is a label that I found myself. I went and got an official diagnosis afterward because I…

Today is the second day in a /row that’s majorly triggered my meltdowns.

Especially useful for calling customer service.

My path to an autism diagnosis began with an epic meltdown burn-out overwhelm. I was non-communicative and non-functional for three weeks…