About Autistic Women's Group

About the Cover

by Sol Iacob

This cover is a photograph I took of Chagall's stained windows in the Art Institute of Chicago. I managed to see these right before the museum was closing. They were located in what seemed like a pretty abandoned corner, in an otherwise empty big room. I always had an aversion to Chagall's paintings, but I didn't dislike the stained glass. I like the idea of an art that filters light instead of reflecting it. The picture actually shows me details I hadn't noticed. 

We are always in need of covers! Submit a cover, or an image that you would like to see on a cover, at https://autisticwomensgroup.com/submit 

Poetry

the societal systems that overwhelm

will be no match for my wings, sprouted

in the fertile dark of social misunderstanding.

she’ll wear them to face

big emotions and unkind people,

affirmed by the feathery heat

of all her mother’s overcome.

when senses fail, she’ll know a new sense:

the uniquely autistic sense

of being cool as shit.

Music

Electronic music track - "Are you real?"

By Valerie

Content note: The accompanying video contains frequent glitch and  flickering visual effects, which may be uncomfortable or inaccessible  for people with visual sensitivities. 

I wrote this track during a period of sheer exhaustion, instability, and  recurring nightmares after yet another manipulative, coercive, and  controlling relationship dynamic.
 
  Some questions I was struggling with were:
  With the truth of the relationship finally revealing itself, how fragmented has my sense of reality become?
  Can I handle how unsettling things have always been beneath the surface?
  How can I steady myself, and move forward?
 

Free Workshop – Explaining Autistic Burnout

By Autism Chrysalis

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/