I remember when I got my crutches for the first time and they were cyan, one of my favorite colors, with black too, and I remember being so excited to use them and then when I did use them people looked at me strange like “what happened to you?” and “do you really need those?” but with their eyes..
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Blog Update
This is mostly an update for people who follow my blog - I've been writing posts with The Neuroclastic for the last few weeks. I will likely still post things on here as well, depending on the topic. I'm currently working on a post regarding autistic people's misdiagnoses, which will likely take more time. I … Continue reading Blog Update
The Neurotypical Autism Diagnosis
*Photo Credit: Eye Test Vectors by Vecteezy Imagine that someone is colorblind, yet they have the job of identifying and detecting colors, and everyone around them thinks they are doing a great job getting all of the colors right. There's no oversight or check by someone who sees in color. No one even thinks twice … Continue reading The Neurotypical Autism Diagnosis
Schools Don’t Care about Disabled Students
I want to know why my school doesn't care about disabled students.
I wish I had cared sooner.
We’ll see how this goes.
I'm a late-diagnosed autistic grad student. I'm not actually sure how this whole blogging thing works but I figured I'd give it a try. Topics I'll likely be talking about - masking, sensory issues (particularly auditory sensitivity), empathy (cognitive and affective empathy), and non-autistic people's underlying subconscious social processing that creates misunderstandings of autistic body … Continue reading We’ll see how this goes.


