Self-indulgent claptrap – Some Autistic Chick

(My) autism and (my) relationship

Against a smoky-looking background that shades from gray on the left to pink on the right, a woman (right) in a white, short-sleeved shirt and jeans, with her dark hair pulled into a low ponytail, accepts a long-stemmed red carnation from a gray and silver robot arm (left) — not the humanoid kind, just a robotic arm with a pincer hand and, for some reason, a flower. The woman is humanoid. It’s just the robot arm that isn’t.

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 aContinue reading “(My) autism and (my) relationship”

How I beat the autism quizzes

Ha! Suck it, online quizzes! I win! Okay, no, I didn’t actually beat the online “Am I autistic?” quizzes. What would be the point of taking the time to take the quizzes while trying to game them? Honestly, I didn’t beat them so much as I took them and found the results unexpectedly lukewarm. TheContinue reading “How I beat the autism quizzes”

So I started a blog, or whatever.

I did. I started a blog about being autistic. I suppose it would be great to say that I want the world to better understand the everyday life of an autistic person, or something, but the truth is, I just have things to say from time to time and nowhere to say them. All thoseContinue reading “So I started a blog, or whatever.”