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(My) autism and (my) relationship

A common assumption/stereotype/fear around autistic people is that we’ll never be able to maintain a romantic relationship. And it is true that the social challenges many of us face can make it difficult to initiate and sustain relationships, whether the partner is autistic or neurotypical. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Yes, maybe they’re a…

Autism Speaks, and NPR + Autism Speaks

Before I begin, I want to emphasize that everything in this post is accurate to my knowledge, but don’t take it as gospel because my knowledge isn’t comprehensive or impeccable. Moving on: NPR is sponsored by Autism Speaks. (That, I know to be accurate with 100-percent certainty.) I don’t know how long this has been…

Shit Some Autistic Chicks Say

Okay, specifically, it’s shit Some Autistic Chick says (IYMOAPYMOAP), because there are things I find myself saying a lot. And I’ve always said them. It’s just only (relatively) recently that I’ve understood why I’ve always beens saying them. As with so many things in my life, these are things I didn’t understand until I got…

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