Category: blogs

  • The Goldilocks Paradox of Being Neurodivergent

    Recently, I’ve been on a roll—practically unstoppable.In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been a time in my life where I’ve felt so on top of my shit. Coming from a phase of active addiction—prior to discovering my autism and ADHD—where I was regularly told to “get my shit together”? This feeling of thriving has…

  • Autistics Don’t Just Want Equality — Our Brains Expect It (5 min. read)

    “That’s such a double standard!” I can’t count how many times I’ve said this to my husband in the middle of a conversation. And every time, he just shrugs. Maybe he even chuckles a little. And then comes the response that hits me like nails on a chalkboard: That’s just the way it is. Usually,…

  • The Unexpected Power of Autistic Anger (5 min. read)

    Ask my husband how many times he’s seen me angry. I’m not talking about the days when I was in active addiction and emotions exploded out of me like a rogue volcano. I mean stone-cold sober anger. The kind of anger that’s raw and real—anger that compels me to climb onto an audible soapbox. The…

  • Speak Truth to Bullshit (5 min. read)

    Speak truth to bullshit. It was a chapter title in a Brené Brown book I finished two months ago. However, as with everything Brené Brown says, the meaning of her words unfolds in layers of understanding within my mind. And particularly this week, I can’t stop thinking about the phrase. Speak truth to bullshit. There’s…

  • The Oughtism of Autism (5 min. read)

    That’s not the way the world works. Don’t be naive.  When I was thirteen, I identified that I was a painfully idealistic individual. And it wasn’t my age or lack of life experiences that made me idealistic—it’s just who I was, and still am, at my very core.  To me, my perceived idealism was a…