Get Up, Stand Up: Releasing the Art of Self-Abandonment
Masking can be survival. It can also become so automatic that you stop noticing when adaptation has turned into self-erasure. A personal, research-grounded essay…
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Category: Autism
Essays, resources, commentary, and lived experience related to autism and autistic identity.
Tisha Campbell Just Revealed She’s AuDHD. And Somehow, It Makes Her Story Even Bigger.
Tisha Campbell has publicly shared that she was recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Her announcement adds a new layer to The A Word,…
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Florida’s New Spectrum Alert Launches July 1: A Major Step Forward for Autism Safety
Children with autism spectrum disorder are prone to wander, or elope, from safe environments at a much higher rate than their non-autistic peers. Elopement…
Read More → Masking Isn’t Coping: The Hidden Cost of ADHD Camouflaging
For decades, masking has been primarily discussed within autism research. However, emerging evidence suggests that adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also engage in significant…
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