When you’ve just started to figure out that you might be autistic, it can be a really big and scary world to navigate. So here are some things I would say to my 18 year old self, as I just started going on that journey myself. Hopefully this might be useful to someone who has also just started their journey too. Things will settle At first, it feels like the whole world has been turned upside down. You’ve put on the autism goggles, and now everything, every interaction, every

The first and most important thing to understand about the diagnostic levels of autism, is that they are only implemented when one is diagnosed based of the DSM criteria. Anyone diagnosed based of the ICD or any other criteria, will most likely not be given a level upon diagnosis. Not everyone is diagnosed with a level, and that means that not everyone will know for sure what level they are. Another important thing to note, is that the diagnostic levels only serve a clinical

Autistic burnout is not a medical or scientific term, but it is something that has been researched and is widely accepted by the autistic community to be a true thing that we experience. Burnout exists for neurotypicals too, however it has a very different definition. Burnout in allistics usually referes to a feeling of exhaustion or depression brought on from overworking, usually as it pertains to their career. Autistic burnout exists separately from allistic burnout, becaus

A lot of late diagnosed autistic people, once realising they're autistic, also realise that they've spent their whole lives pretending to...

(I made a post about this a while ago, but things have changed since then, and so now I want to post about it again, this time along with...

It's disability pride month, so what better a time to get a little personal, and delve into the ways that I am disabled by my autism....

This should be obvious, but sometimes it feels like people do have this expectation. Especially people who place so much value on formal...

This is a mentality I see a lot, especially from parents of autistic children. They think that autism has become a “trend”, overcome with...

For those of us who are self or late diagnosed, it can be difficult to hear many autistic people sharing common experiences that we don’t...

It's a classic stereotype. The autistic person who simply does not feel any ounce of empathy. The autistic person who shrugs and walks...

I've been in a bit of a weird place with the autism community recently, especially on TikTok. Maybe some of it's just my black-and-white...

Well, here we are. I'm finally writing about this. Allow me to tell you a little story about how my 2024 has been so far. At the start of...

I've had a sudden rush of inspiration, so here I am. I haven't written a post in a while because I've been busy with my new job! I might...

It's been a little while since I wrote a post here. I had a plan to write about something specific in my life, but then... my...

I was thinking I should write a post for autism acceptance month, since its very close, but i couldn't really think of a topic. But,...

I feel like I need to write about this, as its pretty relevant to my current life. I passed my driving test about a month ago. I...

Well, it's been a while. I've been wanting to get back into blogging, to have some sort of outlet to write in, but I wasn't feeling very...

If you asked me two years ago, maybe even last year, if I was aiming to get a diagnosis at some point, I would have undoubtedly said yes....

Happy Pride Month! Its been a while since I've written a proper blog post here. I've had one in drafts but I've been struggling to write...

I think any autistic can agree that they find it easier to make friends or at least connect with other autistics over neurotypicals. NTs...