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Your Boundaries: Your Responsibility

Who's boundary is it? Who has the responsibility for owning and maintaining it? You answer the question.

Autistic People Pleasing: The Enemy of Boundaries

Autistics are people pleasers beyond our limits, therefore we become unable to keep good boundaries for ourselves

Autistics and The Holidays 2025

With the holidays coming up, here is some advice for caregivers and Autistic people to help make things less stressful. You can get a copy o...

Hope Hoffman is A Hero

Hope Hoffman is A Hero

In the face of horrifying circumstances Hope Hoffman acted to save her parents and others from an assassin. Hope Hoffman is disabled and is ...

Sensory Self-Care: NO Means NO

Yesterday, I had the first anxiety meltdown and sensory overload I have had in nearly 6 years. I had a number of different things that contr...

The DEI Chopping Nobody is Talking About

The conversations that are weakening discussions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are sadly becoming more acceptable. The political an...

Just Be Yourself They Said, But Then.....

Just Be Yourself They Said, But Then.....

Autistics have heard many say, "Just be yourself" until whoever said it discovers that we are Autistic. Then suddenly, that is not true.

Remembering Jerry W. Conner, Jr. and Disability Pride Month

Remembering Jerry W. Conner, Jr. and Disability Pride Month

Read about my friend Jerry W. Conner, Jr. and why people like him are so important as we celebrate Disability Pride Month.

Being Autistic is Physical Too

Being Autistic is Physical Too

There are many things that make being Autistic problematic for society.  And because society still sees Autism as a disorder largely du...

Misdiagnosed Bi Polar Disorder vs. ASD diagnosis: Why Autistic Identification is More Imperative

I have recently come across individuals who have been misdiagnosed with bi polar disorder.  The misdiagnosis is due in large part to ps...

Autistics and Lent

*I am an Autistic who is also an Episcopalian and Christian.  This blog post is some suggestions I am putting forth for other Autistics...

Personal Financial Assistance: No Today's Autistic Moment Cannot Do It

I was presented this week with a scenario that was very difficult for me.  An Autistic listener who needs personal financial assistance...