"I’ve been trying to be okay at people for as long as I’ve been even marginally aware of my difference."
... but also ...
"The inside of my head is just about my favorite place to be. I can sit at my computer and think and write and play with ideas, moving them around and reshaping them, exploring how they change when I put them in different contexts, for literal hours at a time."
WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THAT MY FAVOURITE SEX EDUCATOR WAS ALSO AUTISTIC LIKE ME?!?! I've been in love with your work since way back when you wrote The Dirty Normal and am SO EXCITED to hear you're one of us! I was diagnosed in 2019 at the age of 35 and it was likewise a relief! THIS IS SO COOL I CANT BELIEVE YOU'RE AUTISTIC TOO! (Although I'm not all *that* surprised after knowing your sister is for a few years and following her autistic burnout channel :P)
"I’ve been trying to be okay at people for as long as I’ve been even marginally aware of my difference."
... but also ...
"The inside of my head is just about my favorite place to be. I can sit at my computer and think and write and play with ideas, moving them around and reshaping them, exploring how they change when I put them in different contexts, for literal hours at a time."
I love how this tells both sides of the story!
Also I'm really sad that Bulletin is no longer a thing so I missed your diagnosis story!
WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THAT MY FAVOURITE SEX EDUCATOR WAS ALSO AUTISTIC LIKE ME?!?! I've been in love with your work since way back when you wrote The Dirty Normal and am SO EXCITED to hear you're one of us! I was diagnosed in 2019 at the age of 35 and it was likewise a relief! THIS IS SO COOL I CANT BELIEVE YOU'RE AUTISTIC TOO! (Although I'm not all *that* surprised after knowing your sister is for a few years and following her autistic burnout channel :P)