Stories, Blogs, and More
Welcome to my writing archive.
Here you’ll find short descriptions and links to personal blogs, stories, reflections, and posts I've shared across platforms.
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Featured Publication: The Unseen Battle Within
Editor’s Choice – Litro USA
A 1,700-word personal essay about love, loss, and the invisible barriers of living for decades without the language of autism and ADHD. It traces the unraveling of a cherished relationship, showing how panic, masking, and sensory overwhelm can make ordinary closeness feel impossible, and how survival can be mistaken for indifference.
This piece is adapted from my memoir-in-progress From Shadows, which explores self-discovery shaped by a late diagnosis of autism and ADHD.
Navigating Grief as a Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adult
A reflection on the bittersweet relief and unexpected grief that can come from receiving an autism diagnosis later in life.
Understanding Internalized Ableism and its Impact on Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adults
A reflection on how years of misdiagnosis and social pressure can lead autistic adults to turn misunderstanding inward.
Understanding Fawning in Late-Diagnosed Autism, a Journey Towards Authenticity
An exploration of how people-pleasing and conflict avoidance can mask deeper autistic traits — and how unlearning these habits can help you reclaim your voice.
Understanding Impostor Syndrome in Late-Diagnosed Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
How masking, comparison, and outdated stereotypes can make us question whether we’re “really autistic” — and why that doubt is more common than you think.
Burnout and Late Autism Diagnosis
A look at how autistic burnout can push us to a breaking point — and why that moment can finally lead to answers.
Emotional Empathy in Autistic Individuals
Exploring the deep, often misunderstood capacity for emotional empathy in autistic people — and how it differs from the stereotypes.
Discovering AUDHD Late in Life
A look at the challenges and revelations of uncovering both autism and ADHD as an adult — and how it reshapes self-understanding.
Understanding AUDHD, the Intersection of Autism and ADHD
An exploration of how autism and ADHD overlap, diverge, and interact — and what this dual identity means for late-diagnosed adults.
Why Anxiety is Prevalent in Late-Diagnosed AUDHD Adults and the Misdiagnosis Dilemma
A look at how lifelong anxiety often masks undiagnosed autism and ADHD — and the emotional toll of being misread for decades.
Unmasking AUDHD in Your 50s, Navigating Late-Diagnosis Burnout and Isolation
A personal reflection on reaching breaking point, discovering the truth behind lifelong struggles, and beginning the slow, painful process of unmasking.
AI and Creativity: Breaking Down the Stigma
A look at how AI is helping late-diagnosed neurodivergent individuals reclaim their creativity, challenge outdated labels, and tell stories that matter.
Understanding Unmasking and Identity in Late-ASD and ADHD Diagnosis
Explores the emotional complexity of unmasking after years of performing neurotypicality, and how rediscovering identity becomes both a liberation and a loss.
Navigating Family Obligations as a Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergent Adult
Reflects on the emotional labor of managing caregiving roles while trying to heal, unmask, and understand one’s own needs after a late diagnosis.
What Happens When Professional Support Doesn’t Feel Supportive
Even when we communicate clearly, support can still fall short in ways that are hard to name. This letter puts words to the quiet disconnect many of us experience — especially when our needs are minimized by those meant to help.
The Ache of the In-Between
A quiet interaction brings unexpected disorientation. This personal reflection explores the confusing emotional terrain of unmasking after a late autism diagnosis.
Why Autism Is a Disability
Pushback against the word “disability” is common in the autistic community, but many of us live with barriers that can't be explained away by difference alone. This post explores why naming autism as a disability can be a grounding act of truth — not defeat.
Understanding Derealization and Cognitive Override Failure
A trauma-informed reflection on why logic sometimes disappears, what dissociation really is, and how sensory overwhelm and autistic wiring can lead to a nervous system override — especially when you’ve always had to hold it together.
Head vs. Body: Why the Standard Mental Health Model Misses the Mark
What if the antidepressants weren’t the full answer — not because they failed, but because they were aimed at the wrong target? This post explores how, after years of burnout and misdiagnosis, a medication meant for nerve pain revealed what the mental health model had missed all along: that regulation is somatic, not just psychiatric.
The Night I Tried Stand-Up
A side story about my brief attempt at comedy, the push-pull I now recognize as autistic, and what happened when I finally found myself under the spotlight.
Bittersweet Roast
A story about opening my dream café, the struggles I faced, and the quiet cost of pushing through while undiagnosed.
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