ASD
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Unmasking Autism, Part II: The Hidden Marathon for Autistic Professionals
What if your life felt like the hit-show Severance: one self for work, one for life? For many autistic professionals like myself, it’s reality, where often only the work-self survives. After a day of working and relentless masking, I have little energy left for life outside… Continue reading
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Unmasking Autism, Part I: What Masking Feels Like
Do you ever feel like you’ve just run a marathon — but all you did was smile, nod, and try to be “normal”? For many autistic people — myself included — that’s not the exception. It’s the everyday. “Masking” is a word that often floats around… Continue reading
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Poem – Christmas Is Hell
Christmas is always a mess, My mind gets blurry, And the whole week, I’ve been stressed. It should be a joyous time, But I just want to hide, Crawl into bed, And try to unwind. Family turns coldAs my alienated feeling grows.Everyone seems fake,And I can’t… Continue reading
James Gale 