Share this postAsaka Mae#TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the PeripheryCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore#TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the PeripheryA digital memoir about words, meanings, and feeling like an outsider amongst outsidersAug 08, 20235Share this postAsaka Mae#TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the PeripheryCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore1Share Table of ContentsPrologueAsaka Mae·August 18, 2024Welcome to the PROLOGUE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, a digital memoir about words, meanings, and feeling like an outsider amongst outsiders.Read full story1. My Roman EmpireAsaka Mae·September 20, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER ONE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about the diagnosis that never quite fit and how it changed my life.Read full story2. A Battleground Asaka Mae·September 20, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER TWO of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how my disability affects my day-to-day life.Read full story3. Line of Best FitAsaka Mae·September 1, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER THREE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how people have diagnosed different forms of autism.Read full story4. "Currently"Asaka Mae·September 20, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER FOUR of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my “working definition” of autism.Read full story5. "By History"Asaka Mae·September 20, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER FIVE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my early childhood.Read full story6. Charted Territories Asaka Mae·September 1, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER SIX of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how I found out I was diagnosed with autism.Read full story7. My First Attempt at Writing a MemoirAsaka Mae·September 2, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER SEVEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how I grew an interest in writing.Read full story8. Rearranging the PiecesAsaka Mae·September 2, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER EIGHT of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how I started to question my diagnosis when I was fifteen.Read full story9. The Pieces They Left BehindAsaka Mae·September 2, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER NINE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about what the adults didn’t understand when I began questioning my diagnosis at fifteen.Read full story10. ROI (Release of Information)Asaka Mae·September 2, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER TEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my struggle to control in high school.Read full story11. Bury the LedeAsaka Mae·September 9, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER ELEVEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about how I started writing articles about disability in college.Read full story12. It DependsAsaka Mae·September 9, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER TWELVE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about my experience with medication.Read full story13. How to Dig Your Own GraveAsaka Mae·September 9, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER THIRTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about struggling to relate to other people in college.Read full story14. My Papers and PensAsaka Mae·September 9, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER FOURTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about what my first time falling out with friends was like.Read full story15. Might Have Been, Never WasAsaka Mae·September 9, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER FIFTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about the lasting psychological effects of dealing with issues that most people have never heard of.Read full story16. Loaded Words September 2, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER SIXTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about why I feel alienated by the growing conversation about “masking.”Read full story17. Autism is When...Asaka Mae·September 17, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER SEVENTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I talk about why I’ve struggled to find a place in the autistic community.Read full story18. Horseshoes and HoofbeatsAsaka Mae·September 19, 2024Welcome to CHAPTER EIGHTEEN of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, where I take a deep dive into different theories of autism.Read full storyEpilogueAsaka Mae·September 20, 2024Welcome to the EPILOGUE of #TechnicallyAutistic: Lessons from the Periphery, a digital memoir about words, meanings, and feeling like an outsider amongst outsiders.Read full storyPreviousNext