Archive - The Late-Diagnosed Diaries

Recommended Reads Roundup for May 2025

Recent articles on the autistic experience worth reading

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Sol Smith's "The Autistic's Guide To Self-Discovery" is a must read for Late-Identified Autistics

I got an advanced copy of this book, and I'm so glad I did. Here's why you should get a copy too.

May 4 •

April 2025

Don't Get Distracted: RFK Isn’t Talking About Autism. He’s Talking About Eugenics

And listing achievements can make you an unwitting tool for this hateful agenda

Apr 17 •

March 2025

The steep cost of socializing as an autistic

And how I learned to be OK with saying "no" when I need to

Mar 24 •

Levels, functioning labels, and other ableist hierarchies projected onto the autistic experience

Separating and ranking people hasn't historically worked out well...

Mar 10 •

February 2025

Can't Catch A Break: The Many Barriers to Diagnosis Facing Autistic Women

An excerpt from my in-progress book on how and why so many autistic women go undiagnosed

Feb 9 •

January 2025

ChatGPT Prompts for Autistics: How to use generative AI to make your life easier

"AI" might as well stand for Accommodation Invention, tbh

Jan 28 •

December 2024

Why Many Autistics Relate To Taylor Swift Lyrics: The Tortured Poet's Department Edition

A follow-up to my most-read post about all the autistic-relatable lyrics that speak to Autistic Swifties

Dec 20, 2024 •

September 2024

Echolalia: What it is, what it isn't, and the phrases I find tastiest to repeat

Just because it's repetitive, doesn't mean it's meaningless.

Sep 26, 2024

August 2024

The unintentional chilling effect that anti-AI hate has on marginalized creators

Attacking bot comments based on communication style doesn't hurt AI's feelings, but it does act as a red flag for humans who communicate differently

Aug 19, 2024 •

July 2024

Book Update: Securing an agent & polishing the proposal

A mid-2024 update on the progress of my forthcoming book on late-diagnosed autism in women, and the the reasons it doesn't happen sooner.

Jul 8, 2024 •

May 2024

Is "Female Autism" its own separate thing?

Not really... but there's a reason people try to specify.

May 10, 2024

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