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Infantilization

What is the fine line between accommodation and infantilization?

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Exile from My Friend Group

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Accommodation

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Is Overcoming Worth It?

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The Double Standard of Boundaries

Next part of my series about middle school is now up!

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #bullying #middle school #middle school drama #neurodiversity #boundaries #double standards

Boundaries and the End of Friendships

My series about middle school is moving to Substack! Check out this post here!

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #middle school drama #friendship loss #middle school #boundaries #jokes #dark humor

Internalized Ableism

New (revised from 2021) blog post: "Is It Ableism? Pt 4: Internalized Ableism". What is internalized ableism, and have I been guilty of it? This is post 4 out of 12 in this series about an important-- but complicated-- issue!

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #systemic ableism #ableism #internalized ableism

New (revised from 2014) blog post:

When A Former Classmate Contacted Me on Facebook

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #bullying #middle school #high school #high school reunion #yearbook #dork #english teacher #biology teacher #track and field #track team

What My Pets Taught Me About Mercy

New (revised from March 2026) blog post.

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #grief #death #pet loss #jack kevorkian #euthanasia #physician-assisted suicide #pet death #dogs #cats #doberman #labrador retriever #tortoiseshell cat #dr. kevorkian #dr. jack kevorkian

When Grief and Scientific Thinking Collide

New (revised from February 2026) blog post.

On ghosting, resilience, and the exhaustion of carrying relationships alone

Impromptu post.

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #ghosting #Emotional bandwidth #resilience #double empathy problem #ptsd #social trauma #emotional trauma

Defining Disability

New (revised from 2021) blog post. Part 3 of my series. Can either be read individually or as a series.

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #ableism #systemic ableism #Medical model of disability #social model of disability

New (revised from 2025) blog post:

The Agony of Losing a Therapist

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #grief #death #mourning #psychotherapy #therapy #therapist #greek #italian #back to the future #dna test

--Until You Think About Them

New (revised from 2015) blog post.

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #humor #football #south park #six flags #water slide #rafts #conveyer belt #new york city #boston massachusetts #subway #trolley #chair #grass

From My Cat

New (revised from 2024) blog post.

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #cats #meltdowns

An Open Letter to the Autism Community

#autism #asperger's #actually autistic #neurodivergent #shame #ableism #oppression #in-group fighting #triggering #alienation

Revisiting the Dark Ages

New (revised from 2021) blog post!

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