acceptance
For many autistic adults, frustration is the baseline, not the exception because an autistic brain must manually process sensory input and social cues that others filter automatically. This constant, invisible "translation fatigue" is one of the most under-recognized forms of exhaustion we face.
acceptance
Brain Fog, Sensory Aversion, and the Misunderstood Reasons for
Relationships
This one is for neurodivergent readers — and the people who care about them.
Communication
There’s a version of therapy where the therapist sits behind a neutral mask — careful, measured, strategically unreadable. For some clients, that distance feels safe. For many neurodivergent clients, it feels like a wall. Congruence is the antidote to that wall. It’s not about making therapy about you. It’
Affirming
On resilience, neurodivergence, and what a nest cam teaches us about showing up
acceptance
There’s a difference between kind and nice that doesn’t get talked about enough — and once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Nice is a performance. Kindness is a practice. Growing up neurodivergent, many of us were taught to be nice above everything else. Smile. Don’t
acceptance
There’s a pattern I see everywhere — in schools, workplaces, families, therapy waiting rooms, and healthcare systems. And once you see it, you genuinely cannot unsee it. We consistently ask the person with the least capacity, the least power, and the least support to make the biggest accommodations for everyone
Neuroplasticity
The Routine Failed You.
Neurotype
New neuroscience research helps explain something autistic people have known for a long time — that we see the world more directly, and that’s not a flaw.
acceptance
Busting common myths about neurodivergence, particularly when it comes to autism.
acceptance
Core Premise
Affirming
...a personal take.