It is so much easier to be a neurodiverse adult then it was to be a neurodiverse child. But perhaps not for the reasons you think. For both adults and children, environments are designed for typical people. Schools and offices, especially, are designed for typical people. The difference is in your own power. As…
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Glasses
When I was in first grade, my teacher called home to tell my parents that she thought I needed glasses. It made sense to them in hindsight, as they had seen how I watched television with my face within a foot of the screen and how I buried my nose in books when I read.…
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Rule 1: Don’t blow the light
It’s 6:55pm on the last Wednesday of the month. The crowd files into the Ocean City Art League (located on 94th street stop in when you’re in town please). They’re anxiously awaiting another jam-packed show full of local artists waiting to perform. Backstage in a corner of the league sits a man with earbuds in.…
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Stigma
“But you don’t look like you have autism.” This is a phrase that has been said to me time and time again, usually by professors or people of authority in life. My question back is usually, “What do you think autism looks like?” Despite every answer being well intentioned, it was clear nobody was on…
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