So danged much hassle trying to date NTs, trying to sort out the good ones from the shitty ableist ones. What the world needs is something like Tinder for just neurodivergent people. "Autistic woman seeks autistic men or women," that kind of thing. Or just state your divergence(s) without preference if you prefer. Like "autistic and ADHD woman ( Read more... )

Went to Shrewsbury Renaissance faire today. Wrote the following while still in the cell phone dead zone on our way home ( Read more... )

Someone on an autism FB page said “Is it just me or does anyone else hate being autistic? So many people say they love it and are proud of it and wouldn’t change it ( Read more... )

My life is a constant barrage of torment. Itchy skin no matter what I do, clothes always bother me, my own hair bothers me, the emotions of people around me that I can't block (even from people I can't see), sounds are too loud, lights are too bright, my vision is ridiculously acute1, and I can hear some sounds that neurotypical people can't hear ( ( Read more... )

Conversation I had today at Best Buy:
Cashier: You doing anything fun for the holiday? Going to see the fireworks?
Me: I *HATE* the Fourth of July, and I especially hate fireworks.
Cashier: Oh, well are you gonna have some beers with friends?
Me: I can't drink, I'm allergic to alcohol. It makes me ill. It also smells like someone puked in a bag and ( Read more... )

I really wish that Joss Whedon had just gone ahead and made the fact Anya is autistic canon. It's heavily implied throughout the series. We're made, at first, to think she's just an ex-demon, but more and more we see that her demon friends don't act like she does either, and then came the episode where we find out she's always been like that, even ( Read more... )

Some time ago over on Quora, I answered a question "What effect does autism have on empathy?" with this:

Based on my personal experience, I as an autistic person have an excess of empathy. I can feel people's feelings whether I want to or not. Where I have issues is that I often don't know *why* someone feels the way they do. They either have to ( Read more... )

Okay so this book that I'm reading is really amazing! It's about... There is this intelligence on the Internet that is awakening. An emergent intelligence arising from the Internet apparently from lost packets or something ( Read more... )

I think one of the most aggravating things about my roommate is her tendency to talk for a little bit, be quiet for a minute or five, then go back to talking where she left off, or repeating what she said every minute or five, or just randomly start talking to me without even giving any warning she's going to do so, especially when I'm just trying ( Read more... )

Apparently, Eminem is now claiming to have Asperger’s. Speaking as someone on the autism spectrum, this is clearly another ploy of his, another extremely offensive, attention-seeking ploy from a sad, stupid little bigot man whose career is (finally, blissfully!) dying ( Read more... )