I love transparency almost to a fault. Very often, I can be so transparent that people doubt my truthfulness, as they believe I’m trying to convince them of a lie. The truth is, I simply overshare. Constantly. …

Fifteen years ago, when I was diagnosed with ADHD, I spent a lot of time doing that thing that football coaches do with their players to learn from the past and improve their game: Watching the film. There are other terms for it. First responders and the military may call…

(Originally posted on my Blogspot blog on June 10, 2011. This version was edited for grammar/spelling as needed. I also took the liberty to pepper in some 2023 updates throughout!) People I have known have had different types of priorities and these priorities directly affect their level of home happiness…

YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT! I LITERALLY DIED WHEN I READ THIS!!! (Originally posted on my Blogspot blog on May 14, 2014. Yes, the clickbait title was sarcastically purposeful.)

The following is a short story I wrote during my college years (2009–2013) based on an interview I had with an English Lit professor at my college. The assignment required us to turn in an essay based on the interview. However, I decided to take the interview and fictionalize it…

On a scale from 1 to WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK do I learn that I’m better alone? What will it take for me to understand? I’ve played the chameleon for every relationship but one. And the one relationship where I was honest and fully myself, I was faced with my…

Below you’ll find my actual script for a TikTok I posted today. Yes. I scripted a TikTok. This really shouldn’t be a surprise. Hi all. First off, this is literally scripted. LITERALLY. — Show paper — See? Anyhow, in my last video series, I “dared” to use the term “non-verbal.”…

In this article, I’m going to list each item in the DSM, show an example of how it described me as a child (either from memories or stories told to me), and then an example of how it presents now at age 50. Keep in mind that “if you’ve met…

I recently posted a six-part series of TikTok videos after getting lost down the rabbit hole of the “non-verbal” in ASD. I wasn’t searching for anything specific to “non-verbal.” In fact, my search began with “Is being able to write more succinctly than speaking an autistic trait?” …