Creative Work

Puzzled: A Zine From The Intersection

Alyssa Aggarwal

Mixed-media zine

This eight-page zine explores what it means to navigate adulthood as an autistic person while challenging stigmas surrounding neurodiversity and substance use. Through poetry, research, and visuals, the artist confronts misconceptions and offers a deeply personal narrative of hardship and healing. Puzzled: A Zine From The Intersection invites viewers to sit with discomfort, question assumptions, and reimagine what inclusion and understanding can look like.