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An Autistic Mind

A Peek Inside the Mind of an Autistic Adult Woman

We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. An Autistic Mind serves as a vessel to provide others some insight into what it's really like to be me.

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On 'Settling'

Almost a year to the date before my divorce was finalized, the movie Zootopia was released. In it, there's a line where two parents are...

On "Spider-Man: No Way Home"

WARNING: MAJOR spoilers ahead! Also: adult language. . . . . . To preface what I'm about to say: I grew up watching Spider-Man with my...

On Preparing for Commencement

To be perfectly honest, right now, I should be writing the last essay I’ll ever write toward my Bachelor’s Degree. Commencement is in 7...

On Getting a New Job

I had been applying for various positions for over a year, at least. Near the end of it, my manager and I got feedback that I was coming...

On the Loss of My Last Remaining Grandparent

I've mourned a lot of people in my life. Since 2006, I’ve lost 3 out of 4 grandparents, and last night, I lost the 4th. The first time I...

On Advocacy

Before Covid, I apparently wasn't awful at conducting a job interview. I even had a position 10 minutes from my apartment that I got...

On Being Diagnosed with Mild Autism

I waited a month in between appointments and then had to reschedule due to a personal situation my psychologist experienced. She was 15...

On Masking

During my first-ever meeting with my psychologist, (which I arranged for the sole purpose of ruling out Autism before agreeing to move...

On Realizing I was Probably Autistic

I wrote the entry that follows in December 2020. My son's school was going through the process of evaluating him for an IEP and Special...

Your Attention Please:

Friends, The time has come for me to make an announcement. Roughly a handful of you have some idea of what I'm about to say. Most of you...

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