The howling night
When I was in grade 3, around 8 years old, my mother was having a hard time. I think she must have been experiencing a bout of depression, or perhaps [...]
Tag: autism
Confronting Assumptions
A true story of how a serial killer impacted my family, autism, and making assumptions.
At home with my friend Rejection Dysphoria
When I first heard the term ‘Rejection Dysphoria’ I cried. It explained so much of what I had experienced through out my life. So much of why I had struggled [...]
When Life is the lesson
with such a fleeting time on this planet, the appreciation we have for life expands when we allow ourselves to be close to death.
The Double Edged Sword of Speech
When my mother was very young, the doctor told my grandmother that her daughter would never speak, because of the severity of her cleft palate. But my grandmother refused to [...]