Autism Stories

"As a very first step, talk to somebody. I know it's hard; it's like a stigmatized topic. Find someone you can really trust and who can sympathize with you. Not saying something like what doesn't kill...

20 Touko 202429min

"I see a lot of creators of color in the autism and neurodiversity community making statements that they feel they aren't being seen, that what is being seen is kind of the same faces over and over ag...

13 Touko 202424min

"As far as the software, the AI, the automation, It's really one of those things that you don't know what you're missing out on until you get in on it and see how much time, money, and tasks it elimin...

9 Touko 202410min

"Carl Jung wrote that the most important conversations of his life were anonymous. Most of what he learned was learning from the patients. And if Carl Jung was able to write that, and if he was able t...

6 Touko 202443min

" I really hate when somebody messages you and they're like, "We need to talk." Because  immediately I'm like, "Oh my god! What did I do? Did I screw up? What's going on?" And I can't focus on anythin...

2 Touko 202430min

"When it comes to what I do as part of the autistic community, it's mainly just sharing my lived experiences, either to, you know, to share my perspective on things or to like raise awareness or to ju...

29 Huhti 202414min

"Almost every new parent I speak to will go, "The doctor said they need 40 hours of this therapy, this therapy, this therapy, this therapy etc." And I'm like that's kind of what they've been told coul...

25 Huhti 202427min

"I realized because it's the pattern recognition really that's why I can play most instruments. Once you understand [music] theory and you understand what it's supposed to sound like, it's really just...

22 Huhti 202422min