Late Autism Diagnosis
The Lost Generation: Millions of Missed Adult Autism Diagnoses
Late Autism Diagnosis of Adult Autism: Two locked doors, thirty years, and an entire generation left uncounted
Neurodistinct
Neurodistinct is a word coined and first-used by [Tim Goldstein](https://www.timgoldstein.com/blog/neurodiversityrefined) on his website in June 2020. Neurodistinct describes people whose perception and cognitive processing are distinct from neurotypical (or not neurodistinct) peeps.
Late Autism Diagnosis
Masking & 30 Years of Performing Neurotypical
Dual Human Operating Systems: normal is running on the surface but "masking" is draining system energy, too...
Late Autism Diagnosis
Stereotype Prison: 30 years, Rain Man, the Short Bus
The movie. The short bus. The image I mistook for the whole truth about autism …for thirty years.
Late Autism Diagnosis
Driven to Distraction, My ADHD Diagnosis
A television news show, a church connection, a Seattle psychologist, and about twenty minutes on a new prescription ...changed my life.
How My Brain Works
Please Accept My Apology
Why does it bug me to no end when I behave like that? Why can’t I let it go?
How My Brain Works
Executive Function Explained
In my autistic & ADHD (AuDHD) brain, things can be a tad bit wonky...
How My Brain Works
Spoon Theory Explained
What We Wish You Could See from the Inside
How My Brain Works
Amygdala Hijack Explained
Two guys walk into your brain’s control room...
Late Autism Diagnosis
The Class That Broke Me, but What It Was Actually Trying to Tell Me
Seven years. Three schools. One undergraduate calculus class. One industrial accident. And one (maybe) diagnosis hiding in plain sight.
NeurodistinctHAQs
Introducing HAQs, My New Neurodistinct Acronym
HAQs — Hacks, Accommodations & Quirks
Late Autism Diagnosis
I Finally Accepted My Autism Diagnosis of ~30 Years Ago
It happened in Hawaii.