Some Ways Learning I Was Autistic Improved My Life.

Dear my autistic daughters, You don’t have to try to be a super human to compensate for being autistic. It’s okay to just exist. There will be thousands, millions of people telling you what you should and shouldn’t do, care about, without ever taking the time to know who you are and what your life is like. These people do not know you and therefore, what they say has little value. They do not have to walk in your shoes nor have they tried.

Letters to my autistic daughters project Introduction As any autistic parent could tell you, raising autistic children is a heart wrenching experience. Not only do we desperately want to shield our kids from what we went through, we are also still healing from it and trying to figure everything out at the same time. When I think about what I went through as an undiagnosed, unaccommodated autistic child, my heart breaks. I never want any kid to grow up feeling so alone like

SpIn sharing is an integral part of autistic communication — and I will take every opportunity to share. I’m writing an article for Autism Spectrum News titled “Autistic Endurance: What Ultra Running Has Taught Me About Regulation and Belonging.” Running has been a SpIn of mine for a while, but I only started racing in September. For years, I avoided races. Too many people. Too many unwritten rules. Too much to figure out. Where do I stand? When do I start? What if I do somet