Monthly Archives: December 2022

There are many neurodivergent faces throughout history, though they may be harder to find. I was fortunate enough to stumble across a movie about the life of Temple Grandin, an American woman diagnosed on the spectrum who patented a humane way to handle livestock, a method that is still prominently used all over the country.…

I was in sixth grade when I bought my first handheld Nintendo console, the Nintendo DS. The first game I’d bought on my own was a game called “Nintendogs”, where you adopted virtual puppies and fed, groomed, trained, and overall cared for them. My parents couldn’t understand why I was in love with a world…

I talked before about the importance of developing ways to accommodate your own needs and not relying on others and the world to do it for you. Self-care is extremely important. Some bonus self-accommodation techniques I’ve learned along the way: don’t force yourself to make eye contact! There may be situations where it’s necessary, but…

There are many reasons why someone on the spectrum may need some sort of accommodation. Usually it’s talked about in the context of school or work, or any situation where someone else may need to accommodate your specific needs. But I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about us on the spectrum learning to accommodate…