The “Outside Reading” section will contain a variety of different books, articles, studies, etc. that we find of interest. Things like… Titles we’ve read, like Laziness Does Not Exist or Unmasking Autism, both by Dr. Devon Price. Titles we haven’t, but are on a growing pile, like Neurotribes, by Steve…
Month: May 2024
Aimless Musings
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Titles are hard.
There are a lot of things that I can say about the process of seeking out and reacting to my autism diagnosis. One thing I can say is that it still feels surreal to write, say, think “my autism diagnosis.” I’ve been ignored, ridiculed, dismissed, the *eye roll, flip of…
Poetry
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Keys and Locks
Our hearts Fit together Warped keys In battered locks The connections Are bruised, blistered Swollen, and fractured. But still, we fit Blood trickling down From where our hearts meet Pain and sanctuary found in the warmth Of your arms 110617
Poetry
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Sitting
Sitting in a dark bathroomPiss drying on my labiaTears drying on my cheeksHating who I am What I’ve becomeHow I got hereWhy I got hereHating my path. Feeling uselessWorthlessUnlovedUnlovable. I try.I fight.I strain.I hurt. I bleed.It makes no matter.It means nothing.It only ends in darkness. The same as yesterday. The…
Poetry
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Little Girl
Little girl What happened to you Where did you go Why did you run How badly are you scarred Scared I stand in the rain Lost and alone Bundled up, Covered up, Protected, Yet the drops still land Cold on my face, Stinging Burning, Touching my skin And driving deep…
Fragments
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Jordyn
The office was silent, where Jordyn sat at her low-walled cubicle. She had been anxious all day, tense and depressed, spending as much time trying to wrench her thoughts away from self-loathing as doing actual work. 12. 13. Jordyn counted lines, numbers like a mantra in her mind. Down the…