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I'll keep the red: the reality of "mental health grief"
I know that everything happens for a reason. But where do I go from here?
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Epilogue
Welcome to the EPILOGUE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, a digital memoir about words, meanings, and feeling like an outsider…
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5. "By History"
Welcome to CHAPTER FIVE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my early childhood.
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2. A Battleground
Welcome to CHAPTER TWO of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how my disability affects my day-to-day life.
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1. My Roman Empire
Welcome to CHAPTER ONE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about the diagnosis that never quite fit and how it changed my…
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4. "Currently"
Welcome to CHAPTER FOUR of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my “working definition” of autism.
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18. Horseshoes and Hoofbeats
Welcome to CHAPTER EIGHTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I take a deep dive into different theories of autism.
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17. Autism is When...
Welcome to CHAPTER SEVENTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about why I’ve struggled to find a place in the autistic…
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11. Bury the Lede
Welcome to CHAPTER ELEVEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how I started writing articles about disability in…
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12. It Depends
Welcome to CHAPTER TWELVE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my experience with medication.Previous chapter / Next…
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14. My Papers and Pens
Welcome to CHAPTER FOURTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about what my first time falling out with friends was…
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15. Might Have Been, Never Was
Welcome to CHAPTER FIFTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about the lasting psychological effects of dealing with…
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