Autism Stories

"Gender-affirming care saves lives. It allows people to align with their gender identity if they are born opposite of that. Providing that care prevents people from going on to have higher rates of an...

26 Feb 202423min

"Being an attorney, a good attorney at least, is consistent with a lot of autistic traits that I have. Like being straight-forward about things, being clear cut and logical about things, and I'm also ...

22 Feb 202411min

"I think one of the biggest things is understanding what stress is and how it works, and understanding what that is important to understand how to let it go. Stress works on a spectrum, too. It's a de...

19 Feb 202426min

"I have always felt and still feel that everything designed in the world, built environments, systems, bureaucracies, schools, institutions, everything…the first thing you have to plan for is joy. To ...

12 Feb 202428min

"Do second guess your tendency to take people's words at face value. I know for me, I will sometimes have an instinct that somebody is lying to me. But if I ask them about it, and they just tell me th...

9 Feb 202416min

"After college discovered that there actually was an autistic rights movement...I finally found a group of people who could embrace me and accept me for how I was and who understand where I was coming...

5 Feb 202419min

"Snakes are so instinctual. I mean, all animals are, but snakes...they're elegant and magnificent. They know when to take time for themselves. They're not pack animals. I think as autistic people, we ...

1 Feb 202424min

"I just feel like a very normal person sharing my life. Sometimes that can be boring. I'm a college student, I'm a gym rat, I'm a gamer, and I stay inside most of the time. But what I can provide in m...

29 Jan 202413min