“when I was a teenager I was planning out how to live in the woods as a hermit, to avoid permanent institutionalization. And when I realized that wouldn’t work, I was planning my own death.” — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“I was the hardest working person, getting nowhere, who I knew. The older I got, the more I was able to hide. I was… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“Don’t fall into the trap of believing that if we are good at one thing, we will be good at some totally unrelated thing.… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of things I am not likely to ever learn how to do. Or if I learn how to do them, my movement disorders will prevent me from applying that knowledge. So if I’m going to put in the extreme effort it takes for me to learn and sustain a skill, it had better be a skill… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share
“when I was a teenager I was planning out how to live in the woods as a hermit, to avoid permanent institutionalization. And when… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“It seems that between one-third and one-sixth of autistic people lose major skills in adolescence. Of those, about half will gain the skills back… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“Just because I can explain how matrilineal descent works, doesn’t mean I can figure out what to order from a restaurant menu. Just because… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“It’s one thing to know in theory how skills work. It’s another thing to put them into practice with nobody guiding you or prompting… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“I feel intensely. I smell mold and bad food before others. I hear fluorescent lights. Clothing hurts, noises invade, colors take my breath away.… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
“I learned that people won’t believe me when I say I need help, and so I stopped asking. I found passive or covert ways… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
