As someone who has been diagnosed with autism relatively recently, I thought I’d do something serious in this thread. April is Autism Awareness Month. I myself was diagnosed in April. One thing I have tried to do is not let it define my life or even be a label. It is a part of who I am. Sometimes I’m perfectly okay with it, sometimes I struggle. It’s certainly not always easy. But I do feel that there’s a lot better understanding of neurodivergence (and of mental illness as well) than there was when I was a kid, even if I … Continue reading The Autism Awareness Month Night Thread