Twenty years ago, this week, I celebrated “graduating” from a residential treatment facility, or RTF. It felt like a group… READ MORE
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Many times all that an autistic person wants is to for someone to understand them and accept them forwho they… READ MORE
Autism is a spectrum, meaning it has a spectrum of features. One of these is communication. One cannot have the… READ MORE
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Writing this on Easter Sunday because I am bored really puts things into perspective how fortunate I am. We are… READ MORE
We have to sometimes have the encouragement that we have to set our own standards of what that needs to… READ MORE
Yesterday, I had an epiphany. While I WANT to adult, I HAVE to put forth the effort to want and… READ MORE
I personally have witnessed the victimization and trust be compromised in not only autistic individuals but individuals both with and… READ MORE
We must realize that no matter what negative comments come across that we as autists should be valued as a… READ MORE
First of all, to fill the void of free time during the COVID Pandemic, I have decided to start the… READ MORE
This can become very challenging to the autistic and if not properly processed can have a negative reaction in a… READ MORE
We must continue to fight for that voice to be heard locally, regionally, statewide and nationally! READ MORE
As we are entering yet the resurgence of COVID and if we haven’t been, I have taken notice of the… READ MORE
learning about myself and what I need to do as far as the adulting category in my life has been… READ MORE
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No matter how many times I flirt with disaster and cause heartache on those closest to me, I still struggle… READ MORE
In gaining my skills to regroup for the next chapter in my life, I have made the decision to do… READ MORE
Now with the surpassed amount of autistic individuals out there, many think that Autism and OCD and ADHD are asynchronous,… READ MORE
“Life is too short to be upset on petty things. Learn to move on and make the best of today for we are not always promised tomorrow.”
~Dustin
Home to the writings of an autisitc man that has had his share of life experiences over four decades but has bounced back greatly from adverisity to live an everyday independent life.