From Isolation to Insight: An Autistic Advocate’s Journey

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When I received my autism diagnosis at 18, I was told it didn’t change anything. “You are more than your autism,” my therapist, family, and teachers repeated over the years. But it wasn’t a surprise to me. I had always known I was different. I struggled to fit in, but because I excelled academically and… Read more From Isolation to Insight: An Autistic Advocate’s Journey