Lockdown is Life
Disclaimer: Staying home saves lives. Do what you need to do to get through this: for some people that will mean cleaning, for some that will mean creating, and for [...]
The Other Side
You say yes; then you figure it out. Because when you know, just know, that you’re making a difference, it stops becoming a choice. Fear doesn’t get to be [...]
Does This Candy Make Me Look Autistic?
22 April is Jellybean Day. Any excuse to talk candy! A friend sent me an article about a late-diagnosed Autistic, and this part jumped out at me: "Emma's childhood was marked [...]
It’s World Autism Month!
It's kind of silly because we're Autistic every month, but kind of awesome because it puts a (red or gold) light on - even just for 30 days. Here's my [...]
Autistic girls in the wild
The autistic female. If she makes eye contact, connects socially, and -shock horror- smiles; how do you spot her? When I was diagnosed, I started reading everything. Stories, studies, stats. The word [...]
Catch fire
Here's the thing about being sick, shutdown, out of action, or otherwise forcibly paused; it sets you on fire. On fire to be, do, or have anything. Who knows how long [...]
Why can’t it just be about the skating?
This line in I, Tonya so perfectly describes for me the frustration of being judged by your ability to fit in, rather than your ability to do the work. In the [...]
Words, fire, sound (or something else?)
For me, being an artist is a kind of crushing necessity. There's no quenching it, no dealing with it. It's never over; it just is. Like dreaming, like breathing. It [...]
Awesomeness as Side Effect
I never say I can’t. Not never never. But hardly ever. Really, what is ‘can’t’? Physically cannot? But I can. Emotionally cannot? But I can. I believe anything is possible. [...]
All The Things.
What do you want? Oh sure, you want love, health, money, jelly tip chocolate. All The Things. But what is it that you want deep down, waaay under the infinity [...]