At a young age, I asked my parents if they had adopted me. A common question. My twist: Had I been adopted from an alien family? Like many neurodivergent people, I struggled significantly to fit in ...

Soy Demasiado, a special issue for Juntos, celebrates Latinas who are reclaiming what it means to be "too much." Read the stories here. The Māori word for autism is Takiwatanga. It means "in his or ...

Despite the growing awareness in the US, there are endless misconceptions that feed into the erasure and stigma of the neurodivergent and queer communities. With the lack of representation in media, ...

Growing up, I never really understood social conventions. I often felt like everyone else in my life had been handed some esoteric script full of strange and bewildering rules of conduct, and I never ...

My son Michael and me. When I tell people that my 12-year-old son, Michael, is autistic, there are usually two types of responses. First, there’s the “sad eyes” — you know, the look people give you ...

Langston Hughes professed, "Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you— / Then, it will be true." I am a 42-year-old mother of two boys, the youngest of whom is autistic.