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One of my favorite bands is coming to town, and I’m beyond excited to see them live because music has always been a form of therapy for me. That being said, concerts are loud. They’re crowded. They’re unpredictable. And I still want to go. Not because they’re easy. Not because I suddenly stopped being autistic. But because joy is worth planning for. Going to a concert as an autistic person isn’t about being spontaneous. It’s about being intentional. If I want to actually enjo

People talk about autistic meltdowns a lot, but most of the time, they talk about them from the outside. They describe them as disruptions, as something inconvenient, something that needs to be stopped quickly. People often focus on how it looks, how uncomfortable it is for others, or how to prevent it at all costs. But what often gets missed is the truth: meltdowns are not misbehavior. They are not a choice. They are not someone being difficult. A meltdown happens when an au

I saw a video about an occupational therapist talking about replacing, reducing, or even removing stimming altogether. And it made me mad. Not surprised mad. Not mildly annoyed mad. The kind of mad that comes from watching the same harmful ideas get repackaged as “professional expertise” over and over again. So here are my two cents on stimming. Not the clinical version. Not the compliance-focused, comfort-of-non-autistic-people version. The autistic-centered, nervous-system-

When I first heard that Mattel had released an autistic Barbie, my reaction surprised me. I didn’t feel skepticism. I didn’t feel the usual “oh no, here we go” tension that often comes with corporate “representation.” I felt… relief. Because this Barbie isn’t loud about what she represents. She doesn’t scream awareness. She simply exists, and that, in itself, is powerful. Representation that meets us gently Autism is still widely misunderstood, and that misunderstanding hits