Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-only6 Questions I Still Have For the Youtuber who “rehomed” her son#6 Why take two COVID-19 relief loans? — One year ago, the youtuber Myka Stauffer and her husband (James Stauffer) posted a video on one of their channels letting the world know they decided to disrupt the adoption of their four-year-old son. The reaction was immediate and, unlike anything the Stauffers had imagined, backlashed on them. Their video…Social Media7 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·PinnedMember-only7 Autistic Signs Everyone Missed in Me as a Child And Teenager#6 Meltdowns — After reading this article, I decided it was about time I wrote about some signs of Autism I had as a child. I read online that writing the signs you had as a child makes it easier to get a diagnosis. I filled several pages with moments from my childhood…Autism7 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Aug 2Member-onlyThe Women Who Enslaved Her Housekeeper and Fled to an Abandoned HouseThe disturbing story of Margarida Bonetti — Reality can indeed be stranger than fiction. This is sure true for Margarida Bonetti’s story. Margarida, born into a powerful family in Brazil, moved with her husband to the United States in the ’70s. The couple took their black housekeeper with them, a “present” from her parents, and settled in…Crime3 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·Jun 27Member-onlyAutism Is as Common in Women as It Is In MenHow many women are we missing? — Autism has always been seen as a male issue. It has been mainly diagnosed in boys (only 1 out of every 4 diagnoses is a girl). More recently, diagnosis in women (and girls) has become more common. …Autism2 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·Jun 20Member-onlyAre Autistic Brains Too Much?A story of books and words — Growing up, there was a painting at my grandmother’s house of a woman sitting on a chair with a book in her hands. Being a lover of books myself, I found it fascinating, It was like an invisible line tying me to her. …Autism3 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·Jun 13Member-onlyWant to Be Autistic in Public? You Better Ask For Permission to Speak upOn how the world sees Autistic people — A while ago I was watching an activist on Autism give an interview on a tv show. …Netflix3 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·Jun 6Member-only7 Things I Learned Writing Online as An Autistic#4 Change your environment based on your sensory needs — My one-year anniversary of writing on the internet was just a few months ago. During this year, I learned a lot about writing online, and about myself. Here are 7 things I learned over the past year about writing on the internet. 1. Motivation comes and goes We all start writing extremely motivated and with…Autism3 min read
Published in The Shortform·May 13Member-onlyThe One Thing That’s Always Missing from Conversations Around AbortionMoney, money, money — Republicans want women to have children, but how are they supposed to raise them? Half the women who seek abortions in the US live below the poverty line, and 3/4 are low-income. Raising a child in the US costs around $272,049 until the age of 18. The poverty line is…Abortion1 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·May 2Member-onlyAutism Is Not A CompetitionWe can support each other in solidarity. — Author Marian Schembari recently wrote an essay on being diagnosed autistic in adulthood for Cup of Jo, a popular lifestyle blog. I loved reading it. For starters, I can identify a lot with her experience having been diagnosed as an adult myself. …Autism3 min read
Published in ArtfullyAutistic·Apr 18Member-onlyI’m Autistic — Here Are 4 Reasons Why I Love Having CatsThey are a great company when working from home — It was the middle of the pandemic when I got that phone call. On the other side of the line, my neighbor was telling me she had driven 15 minutes to work. Then parked her Mercedes in the garage, and a tiny black cat got out from underneath. “I have…Cats3 min read