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Gay and on the Autism Spectrum: My Experience Growing Up in the Closet

By Eric Ascher — 2018

Things have dramatically improved in my life since high school. I am lucky that I have a family that loves me, that I have friends who support me and that I live in a progressive area like Montgomery County, Maryland. Many people are less lucky. If LGBTQ youth with disabilities are not treated with the respect they deserve, the consequences are literally life and death.

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The Challenge of Forming Female Friendships When You’re Autistic

Painful memories of childhood along with gendered social norms can make adult friendships more complicated for neurodiverse women.

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Marianne Eloise
2021
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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Friendships Pose Unique Challenges for Women on the Spectrum

Many autistic people have trouble making and keeping friends. This has led to the myth that they don’t want friends3. In reality, they long for friendships just like anyone else. But they face unique challenges in forming and maintaining them.

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Liz Pellicano
2017
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A Psychiatrist Diagnosed Me as Autistic with ADHD. Now, Finally, I Can Thrive

Getting an official diagnosis as an adult is hard – but this year I got to know what being female and neurodivergent means.

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Marianne Eloise
2020
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Women with Autism: “Too Much and Not Enough”

Moving from camouflaging to self-acceptance.

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Claire Jack
2021
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‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’

Social media creators are helping women and people of color identify possible symptoms of A.D.H.D., a disorder most often diagnosed in white boys.

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Nicole Clark
2021
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I was Married with 2 Kids When I Realized I’m Gay

By the time you reach your 30s, you think you know yourself—your likes, your dislikes, what inspires you, what makes you tick. But there I was, at 36 years old, realizing I didn't know myself at all.

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Melissa Raney
2019
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LGBTQ+ Celebrities Making It Easier to Be Black, Out, and Proud

These black women and gender-nonconforming individuals have created a space for other young girls and nonbinary persons to feel seen and heard.

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D’Shonda Brown
2021
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Support Groups for Lesbians with Breast Cancer

Treatment for breast cancer is difficult for any woman, but for a lesbian, it can be especially difficult.

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Mary Madison
1995
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How to Respond to Microaggressions

Should you let that comment slide, or address it head on? Is it more harm than it’s worth? We can help.

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Hahna Yoon
2020
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