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My Metaphorical Penis – Tools, Toys, and Identity

  • by ayandoh
  • Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

Gender, sexuality and metaphorical penises.

No, not like that.

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  • Communication

Forming Myself in Their Image: A Tale of My Shoggoth

  • by artsaflame
  • Posted on January 12, 2019January 12, 2019

It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.

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  • Experiences

Searching for Identity in a Neurotypical World

  • by onelonedandelion
  • Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

The search for identity, unmasking, and finding an authentic self after a life lived as something else.

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  • Identity

Life-Saving Advice for Those Who See

  • by Guerilla Aspie
  • Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019

A conversation between the world and

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  • Creative

Hozier, Monomania, Monsters, Melville, Literature, Layers, & Movement

  • by Guerilla Aspie
  • Posted on November 30, 2018December 19, 2018

It was the anniversary of Moby Dick‘s publication.  15 November 1851.  The song was released…

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  • Empathy

Bad Poetry, a Mask, & Truth

  • by Guerilla Aspie
  • Posted on October 24, 2018November 12, 2018

Trigger warning: this one is dark Content warning: bad poetry Fifteen years ago, I wrote…

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  • Experiences

This Little Mask-Erade Is Over

  • by aspieaspired
  • Posted on October 12, 2018November 12, 2018

One woman tells of her lifelong journey to mask her true identity and the process of allowing herself to take off the mask and be her authentic self.

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  • Diagnostics

What Autism Means to Me

  • by bneal89
  • Posted on September 13, 2018November 15, 2018

For as long as I can remember, I have been considered odd. Not the sort…

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  • Diagnostics

Why Adult Aspies Aren’t Being Diagnosed: A Human Rights Crisis

  • by Terra Vance
  • Posted on September 11, 2018November 15, 2018

I’m an aspie—an insider term to describe a person with Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s a label…

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Forming Myself in Their Image: A Tale of My Shoggoth

Family Response to Autism Diagnosis

An Open Letter to Non-Autistic Friends & Family

A Funhouse of Horrors: 8 Ways Asperger’s, OCD, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, & Synesthesia Intersect

Part 5: My Personal Journey Through this Empathy Series

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