I am a diagnosed autism and proud of it. My blog encourages neurotypicals to accept us for who we are and for other autistics to embrace what is wrongly labled a “disease” from certain people.
There is so much work to be done when it comes to ending the stigma. One of the reasons for this is that some people are very resistant to any kind of change regarding how we view mental health. While this may come across as generalizing, and maybe it is, there is indeed a huge […]
Up until I was eight years old, my family lived in a semi-community type suburban street. I lived across from and near where friends at my elementary school lived. The house me and my parents lived in was actually a duplex that was owned by the family that lived upstairs from us. But from the […]
“So this has been on my mind a little bit lately. I keep seeing on the news about how Americans are moving further to the left and Trump supporters are decreasing. Good thing right? Absolutely. And I am happy about that. But does it change how people like me with autism get treated or more-so […]
Back on Part 2, I was describing my first listening experience with Daniel’s 2nd album “Don’t Be Scared” which he recorded in his parents’ basement in July 1982. I mentioned a track toward the middle of the album called “And You Love It” and how it has a profound effect on me. Well now I […]
As I hit play on my phone’s mp3 Google player to the first track of “Don’t Be Scared” the first thing I heard was a crunchy, slightly out-of-tune, dusty piano being played as the musical backing. The sound quality was god-awful. I thought for a second it had to do with poor mastering but ignored […]
Just having that boost of confidence from talking to one caring person on the My Disability Matters site made it much easier for me to get myself over to the Behavioral Health office and use this new appointment as the opportunity to self advocate for myself to get officially diagnosed with Bipolar. When I met […]
On the first day I started off my new Twitter account, the app suggested I customize my profile by following 60 or more famous people that fall under three categories that interest me. Thinking this will grow my web traffic I followed around 100 people right away which were automatically picked by Twitter when I […]
