Disability leave was never my first choice. I failed to get a job after finishing my masters, so I’d been unemployed over a year. My local job-centre clearly had no idea what to do with me, so they forced me to do an internship. I would have loved an internship, just not one that required me sitting at an information …
We all have a tendency to generalise whenever we can, this happens with ASD as well. The diagnosis covers a far greater spectrum than most expect, and yet again do we generalise – all of us. It’s a shame, because we are all different. Just like there is many different types of neurotypicals in the world, there are many different …
I remember all the bad things that occurred to me growing up. Every single bad experience changed me, but at the time, I didn’t understand. Often I think I let it happen, and it makes me feel heartbroken. At the time, all I wanted was to be ‘not broken’. I tried to hide, tried to do what I hoped was …
