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Why Loving Me Is An Extreme Sport

Neurodivergent love is high-stakes: kindness sustains cognition, monotropism shapes focus, compromise keeps us whole.

17h ago

Why Loving Me Is An Extreme Sport

17h ago

What Does ‘Autism’ Even Mean in the Age of TikTok?

A viral post among psychiatrists reveals deep frustration over self-diagnosis, TikTok trends, and the ‘dilution’ of a complex diagnosis.

1d ago

What Does ‘Autism’ Even Mean in the Age of TikTok?

1d ago

The Surprising Truth About Race, Gender, and Autism That Nobody’s Talking About

2d ago

The Surprising Truth About Race, Gender, and Autism That Nobody’s Talking About

2d ago

Why Are Some Misleading Ideas About Autism So Popular?

Why are unproven autism beliefs popular? They offer meaning clinical language lacks, fulfilling deep needs for dignity & identity

4d ago

Why Are Some Misleading Ideas About Autism So Popular?

4d ago

Beyond the Mask: What Remains When Everything We Thought Was “Ours” is Actually Learned?

The Pictorialist explores autistic identity: What is authentic when so much of the ‘self’ has been learned masking?

Nov 10

Beyond the Mask: What Remains When Everything We Thought Was “Ours” is Actually Learned?

Nov 10

The Inner Critic’s Disguise: Why Self-Compassion Might Be the Thing We’re All Getting Wrong

Your inner critic isn’t truth. Self-compassion means treating yourself as kindly as you’d treat a friend — it’s a skill, not self-pity.

Nov 5

The Inner Critic’s Disguise: Why Self-Compassion Might Be the Thing We’re All Getting Wrong

Nov 5

From Advocate to Gatekeeper: Has the Neurodiversity Movement Lost Its Way?

Beyond neurodiversity dogma. Autism needs a nuanced, multi-model approach, not ideological gatekeeping. Embrace true complexity.

Oct 31

From Advocate to Gatekeeper: Has the Neurodiversity Movement Lost Its Way?

Oct 31

You’re Not Just Overstimulated. You’re Processing. Why High Sensitivity Isn’t “Autism-Light.”

HSP isn’t ‘Autism-Light’, but deep, spontaneous intuition (high context), while Autism is reasoned logic (low context).

Oct 28

You’re Not Just Overstimulated. You’re Processing. Why High Sensitivity Isn’t “Autism-Light.”

Oct 28

Am I Autistic Enough? The Hidden Crisis of Diagnostic Doubt

The question arrives quietly, persistently, often in the middle of the night or during moments of comparison: Am I autistic enough?

Oct 25

Am I Autistic Enough? The Hidden Crisis of Diagnostic Doubt

Oct 25

The Psychiatrist’s Monologue: What I heard when I attended a Lecture on Autism

A collection of harmful stereotypes about autism I’ve heard in lectures of mental health professionals over the years.

Oct 23

The Psychiatrist’s Monologue: What I heard when I attended a Lecture on Autism

Oct 23

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