Adulthood... with a chance of autism
By Autistic Ang
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Word vomit from Autistic Ang about being autistic and how finding this out in her late thirties was life-changing in the best way possible.
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198) Today’s Theme was DON’T MAKE A SCENE
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May 11, 2024 |
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197) Sometimes I Don’t Know How to Be Supportive - Part 2
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May 09, 2024 |
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196) Adults Almost Say the Darndest Things
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May 07, 2024 |
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195) What’s This Feeling?
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May 02, 2024 |
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194) I’m More Than an Ally
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May 01, 2024 |
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193) As Cheesy as This Sounds, Therapy Will Change Your Life If You Just Give It a Chance
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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192) I’m Not Worth It
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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191) I Gots POTS! (not the kind you cook with, but I do have those too)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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190) I’m Cured! (Also, I Need a Little Help)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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189) See You Later, Hades, My Soul Kitty
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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188) I Wanted to Shank Someone at Walfart Today (but I didn’t)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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187) Sunshine and Sorrow
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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186) We Have Gay Mice
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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185) Therapy Is Good Mkay
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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184) Because You Definitely Asked For More of This
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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183) Cats, Secrets, and Boring Cuddles
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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182) Hashtag Horror
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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181) Community
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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180) Another Dentist Appointment Episode
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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179) Oh, NOW I Get It
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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178) Mean Girls
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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177) Self-Checkouts and Shady People Can F Right Off
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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176) Tipping Troubles
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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175) Gratitude for Representation
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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174) Happy Happy Annoy Annoy
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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173) Quack Attack
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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172) PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL MAYIM BIALIK THAT SHE'S AUTISTIC!
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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171) Basic Revelations
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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170) Tears and Tea Kettles
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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169: My Battle with Burnout
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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168) I’m in Burnout City
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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167) I’m Sad about My Soul Kitty
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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166) Laughing Gas Letdown
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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165) It Doesn’t Take Much to Make Me Happy
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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164) I Saw Myself on TV
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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163) My First EMDR Session
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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162) I Almost Had a Meltdown Over Banana Bread
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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161) Storescapades
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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160) Some Things Never Change
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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159) Gimme Yer Money
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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158) I Was a Cool Kid
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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157) Autistic Grossology
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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156) Ear Candy or Ear Chaos? Also, “Love on the Spectrum” Is Pissing Me Off!
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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155) ADHD Storytime
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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154) Neurodivergent Nonsense
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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153) You Should Unconditionally Love Your Weird Kid
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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152) Nuts and Notes
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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151) I Found a New Special Interest
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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150) The Universe Did Me Dirty
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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149) Autistically Grateful
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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148) Your Autistic PSA
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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147) Frosty the Eye-Roller
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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146) Shopping at Stores During the Holidays
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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145) Every Marvelous Dream Replayed (EMDR)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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144) Taking Care of a Sick Person Is Hard Sometimes
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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143) If You’re Sick, I’m a Dick
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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142) I Still Have My Feelings Switch
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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141) I’ll Do It My Way, and You Can Do It Your Way
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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140) Random Shmandom
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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139) I Forgot to Mention...
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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138) Do You Do This Too? (part 2)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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137) Do You Do This Too? (part 1)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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136) More Autistic Rambling
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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135) Can We Please Have More Shows Like "The Golden Bachelor"?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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134) Does Anyone “Decorate” Like I Do?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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133) My Grocery Lists are Pretty Autistic
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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132) I Ugly Cried Over a Damn Chair
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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131) Life Is Hard (And I Had Another Meltdown)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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130) Bad Autism Article
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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129) There's a Mouse in the House
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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128) Autism and Airports
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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127) A Routines Update
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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126) I’m Having an Autistic Day
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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125) The Bathroom Episode
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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124) I Had Another Meltdown
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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123) Wtf Just Happened?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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122) Alexithymia part 2
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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121) Alexithymia
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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120) Hey! That's MINE!!!
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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119) Navigating the Spotlight (aka Being Observed)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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118) If I Didn't Experience It Then It's Not Real
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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117) The Fixation Files
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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116) It Feels Good to be Believed
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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115) My Brain Feels Pretty Autistic This Week
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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114) From Scripts to Scraps
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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113) I Feel Mortified for Making a Mistake at Work
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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112) Sweatflix and Chill
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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111) It's Okay If You Can't Do Something
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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110) Finding My Tribe in Unexpected Ways
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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109) Ketamine Adventures and Anxiety Shutdowns
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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108) Follow the Rules!
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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107) Managing My Autistic Expectations
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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106) Unplanned Shenanigans
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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105) I Told the Neighbor I'm Autistic
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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104) Sometimes I Don't Know How to Be Supportive
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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103) I Can't Do It. Literally.
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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102) Unexpected Social Interaction
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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101) Persistent Empathy for Strangers
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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100) Wow, Ow, & Now
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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99) Impulsive Investments = Moolah Misadventures
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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98) I'm Embarrassed to Be Sick
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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97) Quirks and Cough Drops
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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96) I'm an Autistic Superfan
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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95) Packing Like a Pro(blem)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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94) Things I Still Don't Understand
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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93) Turning 40, Still Autistic, and Living My Best Life
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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92) Employment and PTSD
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May 31, 2023 |
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91) The Quest for the Best
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May 26, 2023 |
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90) The Joy of Random Thoughts
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May 24, 2023 |
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89) I've Been Autistic for a Whole Year!
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May 22, 2023 |
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88) How Is This My Life?
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May 16, 2023 |
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87) Things Are Different Now
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May 13, 2023 |
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86) Butt Stuff
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May 06, 2023 |
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85) Taking Off My Mask: The Thrilling Sequel
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May 05, 2023 |
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84) How Dare You Leave!
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May 01, 2023 |
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83) We're EVERYWHERE
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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82) The Auditory Processing Struggle Is Real
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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81) Be Nice When You Break Up with Someone
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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80) My Brain Is Going Haywire
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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79) My Autistic Awedyssey
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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78) Taxes Can Suck It
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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77) Why Can't Everyone Just Be More Like Me?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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76) It's an Empath! It's an HSP! It's... Autism?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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75) Weird S*** That I Do
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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74) Equipped with My Script
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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73) Honesty is the Autistic Policy (unless we're masking)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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72) Nothing to See Here
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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71) Please Just Shut the F*** Up!
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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70) If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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69) You Might Want to Skip This Episode
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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68) Why You Should Never Take On a Food Challenge
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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67) As Long As It's Good Enough
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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66) Protect Only the Fingers You Want to Keep
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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65) Intimacy Shmintimacy
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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64) I'm a Runner
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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63) Day from Hell
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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62) Am I Weird for Wondering?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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61) Am I a Robot?
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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60) The Complain Train
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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59) What It's Like to See REAL Autism Portrayed on TV
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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58) I'm Allergic to People
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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57) Satisfying Sensory Shit
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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56) Things I Wish I Could Forget
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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55) How Do You Not (fill in the blank) This?
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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54) I Don't Know What to Say
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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53) I'll Never Have Thick Skin
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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52) Baby Shark
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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51) I NEED MY ROUTINES BACK!!!
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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50) The Same Game
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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49) Catastrophic or Neurotic?
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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48) Sensory Nightmare
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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47) Rediscovering Purpose
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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46) Things I Changed After I Found Out I'm Autistic
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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45) Meltdown Minefield
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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44) Things I Don't Understand
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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43) Interruptions Suck
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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42) How Did I Get This Far In Life?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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41) "Family"
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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40) Holidays
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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39) Sometimes I Feel Like I'm "Too Much"
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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38) Not Being Able to "Control" Things Hasn't Been Sitting Well In My Autistic Brain
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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37) My Bowling Ball Baby Is Coming Out Tomorrow!
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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36) I'm So Grateful I Work for Myself
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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35) I Feel Like an Energizer Bunny
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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34) Autistic Ramblings
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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33) Organization Fixation
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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32) Is it Normal to Frequently Thank People?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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31) Obsessed Much?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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30) I Had a Meltdown in Public
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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29) No Touchy!
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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28) I Just Had a Dentist Appointment
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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27) My Mind Just Doesn't Stop... But Is That So Bad?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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26) Rumination Station
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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25) I Almost Had a Meltdown Over Something Ordinary People (Neurotypicals) Might Consider Small
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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24) How It's Felt Being Different My Entire Life
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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23) I'd Rather Get Shanked than Work for Other People Ever Again
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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22) Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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21) I Love When People Cancel on Me (for reals)
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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20) Food Stuff
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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19) Who Is at the Door?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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18) Autism Is NOT a Disorder
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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17) It's So Hard to Make Decisions
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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16) Being Autistic Is Pretty Damn Awesome
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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15) It's Hard to Talk Almost All of the Time
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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14) Meltdown Madness
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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13) Resources for Us Autistics!
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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12) Can't We All Just Say What We Mean?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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11) I Love Me a Good Routine
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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10) Want to come over? NO, I DON'T.
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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9) Masking - Now You See Me, Now You Don't
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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8) Everything Is Harder
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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7) Special Interests Are NOT Creepy!
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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6) What Are the Rules?
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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5) More Anxiety, Please!
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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4) My Time Is Precious
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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3) Sensory Stuff
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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2) Self-Identification vs. Diagnosis: Is a Diagnosis Absolutely Necessary?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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1) Whelp, I'm Autistic
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Sep 04, 2022 |