Trying to find a job was hard. There are a lot of jobs that I can’t do, for both clear and unclear reasons. Sometimes it requires a lot of driving, but I haven’t been able to get my license yet. But then there are jobs that require a lot of social interaction. A lot of…

I didn’t know that I was autistic when I was growing up. Maybe there were some signs that other people picked up on them, ways that I didn’t act like neurotypical people did, but I couldn’t tell. I only knew my own perspective, the way I did things, and I just behaved in a way…

Note: This article focuses on my diagnosis of PTSD (later confirmed as cPTSD). This occurred before my therapist and I came to understand that I am Autistic. For all of my adult life, I have known that I am different — perhaps that even something is “wrong with me.” In 2021, I came to know…