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Poetry

By Lindsay P

Extroverted introvert

But they say you can’t be both

Until they observe over time

Oh how I ebb and flow

One day hoping to fade

Into the cracks on the sidewalk

The next to be the one cracking jokes

Always exhausting

Sometimes exhilarating  

And oh to be both at once

Fighting with myself on the inside

All to find in time

That's it’s about balance  

A balance I can’t seem to obtain

Oh the joys of ADHD meshing with Autism

In this big jumbled up brain of mine 

Poetry

By CottageGoblin

I saw a closed system, tried reverse engineering 

I got it wrong, awkwardly peering
  The in-group decides
  Who it derides
  Deliberating my fate
  Only momentary debate
  Of pointed looks
  Before their foul hooks-
 
  Alone, I find they were barbed
  Attaching verdicts I decipher iteratively
  Searching for meaning in layers of code
  But there was no consideration of this judgement
  So they remain, painfully part of me
  Burrowing in as I move
  A hindrance.

Essay

AuDHD person finds keys after losing hope

By Mischevious Narrator

Katerina, 23 years old, has been reported to have found a pair of keys that had been missing for 7 months.

“I am truly amazed” Katerina says – “They were fossilized under a geological formation made of clothes, collage magazines, tobacco, guitar picks from when I accidentally bought the 100 pack, and pieces of ceramics from that time I was gonna do kintsugi. The keys were also glued to the floor with spilled juice, apparently. Go figure.”

 “I had lost hope” they continue, “I had just resigned to breaking into my apartment with a bank card forever. You’d be surprised at how many online tutorials can teach you how to open doors with a card. I spent 3 hours in a rabbit hole just sitting on the floor next to the closed door when I was locked out.”

They hesitate. “But, then, I lost my bank card too, so I started using my Sephora card. Then I went to Sephora and forgot I had lost my bank card. My phone was dead (I lost my charger but it always comes back) and my Sephora card now had too many scratches to work. So I couldn’t pay and then I was late to work, but I couldn’t tell my boss due to the phone thing – long story short, I almost got fired from this whole thing.”

 “But anyway, I have found my keys now”, says Katerina patting their pocket - “oh sorry it was the other pocket” they say, patting again.

Business Promotion

Research call for participants

Doctoral study seeking participants: women with late diagnosed autism

I am a doctoral candidate at Governors State University in the Counselor Education and Supervision program. I am conducting an IRB approved study on women with delayed diagnosis autism. The goal of this study is to learn how school counselors can assist in identifying girls on the spectrum sooner, and ways to improve their educational experience through interventions that they would actually find useful. I am seeking 5 women to participate in a 12 question interview for my study.

Music

By KayBo