NTs take note

Autistic humans don’t argue because we want to win. We argue because something landed on an old wound. If someone reacts strongly to something you said, it often has nothing to do with your words and everything to do with the history those words fell into.

Honestly, heal so you can be the person who raises others up, instead of tearing them down. The latter is so unevolved, and reflects a projection of your own insecurities. Connection and support and cheering and rooting for someone comes from the most healed parts of yourself,

My food delivery budget is high not because I'm lazy, but because I am paying a premium to outsource my executive function. That $30 delivery fee is the true cost of bypassing the 57 tiny, impossible steps between "I am hungry" and "The meal is now cooked and on the plate."

I don't know who needs to see this, but not all procrastination is bad. Sometimes you're not pushing off a task... your brain is just diverting its attention to something more important. Sometimes your "procrastination" is actually your brain being strategic. 💪🏻

ADHD isn’t “I can’t do anything.” It’s “I can go full CEO on what’s interesting, urgent, or for someone I love… and completely freeze on the boring, repetitive basics.” XO, Dr. Jen

Disability accommodations in higher education (everywhere, but we are staying specific) are requirements for faculty to provide & meet. They are not suggestions. They aren’t “if you can”. They are required & its discrimination to choose to ignore or deny them Thanks, carry on

One of the boldest ways to love someone is to create the space for them to be unabashedly themselves. XO, Dr. Jen

I've been saying this for years. There is a rise in neurodivergence rates because of discovery not frequency

PSA... Autism isn't a choice. If someone's autism causes them to do things that annoy you, it's not because they *want* to annoy you or don't care that they are (if they're even aware of it in the first place). It's because they have a literal disability.

Just because you don't understand something (or refuse to understand something) doesn't automatically mean it's fake

When someone says your disability "can't be that bad"

A reminder: #disability rights are human rights. In a world of increasing hatred towards disabled people, this is more important than ever. Art: JFSA Cleveland (Client Artwork)

Asking autistics, are you the kind of person that must know everything about their special interest(s)?

This Christmas feels like the very first Christmas to me

Reminder from a neuropsychologist: please don’t underestimate how exhausting trauma can be. Your mind, body, and brain are pouring their energy into just surviving. That takes boatloads of mental, physical, and cognitive fuel. Be gentle with yourself. REST is medicine. XO, Dr.

"And sometimes you won't 'Cause nobody can No, no one at all Not one single man" --Oh the Traces of Woe, Dr. Lose