The Lost Generation: Millions of Missed Adult Autism Diagnoses
Late Autism Diagnosis of Adult Autism: Two locked doors, thirty years, and an entire generation left uncounted
Masking & 30 Years of Performing Neurotypical
Dual human Operating Systems: normal is running on the surface while masking is draining system energy too
Stereotype Prison: 30 years, Rain Man, the Short Bus
The movie. The short bus. The image I mistook for the whole truth about autism …for thirty years.
Driven to Distraction, My ADHD Diagnosis
A television news show, a church connection, a Seattle psychologist, and about twenty minutes on a new prescription ...changed my life.
Please Accept My Apology
Why does it bug me to no end when I behave like that? Why can’t I let it go?
Executive Function Explained
In my autistic, ADHD (AuDHD) brain, things can be a tad bit wonky...
Spoon Theory Explained
What We Wish You Could See from the Inside
Amygdala Hijack Explained
Two guys walk into your brain’s control room...
Replaying the Tapes: A Clinical Look at Why My Brain Won't Let It Go
My brain's replay button gets stuck...sometimes the stop button is miswired too
The Class That Broke Me, but What It Was Actually Trying to Tell Me
Seven years. Three schools. One undergraduate calculus class. One industrial accident. And one (maybe) diagnosis hiding in plain sight.
Letters from a Dyscalculia Veteran of the Calculus Wars
Every class, the math ogres tortured me with their weapons of mass calculus...
Introducing HAQs, My New Neurodivergent Acronym
HAQs — Hacks, Accommodations & Quirks