I've been thinking a lot about the way my autism has presented through the years, and how it affects/presents in social relationships. One of the things I've understood to be different about me from the overwhelming majority of people I've met and known, is a reduced interest in competing for social status. If I'm completely honest, the one thing I've ever really wanted, socially, is to get to just be a human being amongst other human beings. I can recognize that we may be different in a number of ways, but those have always registered as variations really, not differences . It's a significant part of what I do enjoy about socializing with other people, and I do enjoy meeting and getting to know new people. A significant part of my love for the arts has been the degree it engages me with the vast spectrum that is the human being. It's why trying to choose a "best" when talking about any number of different human endeavors and creations makes me ex...
Late to the Funeral
A late diagnosed autistic, trying to figure out what it means to unmask and make sense of the life that was before diagnosis.