Autistic Pride Day
It’s Autistic Pride Day and I’ve been thinking lately about what pride means in this context, and what I’m proud of.
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Accepting Your Autistic Identity
and Disclosure
- Are you re-processing your entire life through this new lens — finally understanding so much — but finding the grief, shame, and “why didn’t anyone catch this?” harder to sit with than you expected?
- Do you want to accept yourself as Autistic, but keep running into internalized beliefs about what you should be able to do — and a voice that says the diagnosis is an excuse, or do you feel like an imposter?
- Are you carrying your diagnosis mostly alone, trying to figure out who to tell, how much to say, and whether being truly known is worth the risk of not being believed or misunderstood yet again?
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Most recent articles on autism acceptance and disclosure
Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism
How to approach the “I’m Autistic” conversation so it goes better, and coping when it doesn’t.
Disclosing Autism: Understanding People’s Reactions to Disclosing you’re Autistic
People can often have upsetting reactions when you tell them you’re Autistic. Here’s why I think those reactions happen, and why it doesn’t have to be the end.
Is It Perfectionism?
I’ve been reflecting on my relationship with perfectionism, and if that’s even the best word for what I experience.
What’s wrong with them?
When you have relationship troubles, it’s so easy to default to asking “what’s wrong with me?” Instead, sometimes it’s worth asking, “what’s wrong with them?”
What to Expect in the Later Identified Autism Journey
The 5 stages people predictably go through after figuring out as an adult that you’re autistic.
AuDHD Without Shame
Without shame, my AuDHD is so much easier to deal with. Here’s why, and an example of it in my real life.
What’s Next After Adult Autism Identification?
I want to share a little bit about the transition period following adult autism identification.
Why “It’s Just A Label” Hurts
There’s so much history and personal experience surrounding diagnoses, and they’re more complicated than “just labels.”
Miscommunications Aren’t Always Your Fault
Sometimes when you ask a clear question, you get anything but the answer. It can be easy to think it’s us, but there is another reason.
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