Monthly Archives: January 2023

I’ve had quite a few surgeries in my life, starting when I was in high school. You can imagine by age 24, I was used to the surgery process. The cold waiting room, the scratchy plastic wristbands that let everyone know I was allergic to penicillin. The beds feel more akin to a cot, and…

I never thought about the way I positioned my hands and arms until I was in college and more consistently around others. Different stims came out that I had been able to mask in the anonymity of my large high school. It wasn’t something I noted as neurodivergent until I received feedback from a professor…

Everyone has trouble sleeping sometimes. Whether it’s an unideal sleep schedule or stress, sleepless nights tend to strike everyone eventually. However, it is extremely common for people on the spectrum to struggle with chronic insomnia, the persistent inability to fall asleep and/or stay asleep.  Sometimes I sleep, and I don’t feel rested. Sometimes I don’t…