Finding Strength in Stress: An Autistic Author’s Journey Through Crisis and Recovery

• By: Troy Krombholz Published Author, Musician, and Autism Advocate
• January 5th, 2026
• childhood stress, coping strategies, emotional well-being, family support, health challenges, personal story, social withdrawal, stress, stress management, Winter 2026 Issue
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I wish I could tell you that I don’t ever stress as an autistic person. I wish that I could tell you that I am a professional and that I have mastered the art of destressing and staying calm, but the truth is I stress. Ever since I was a kid dealing with stress has never come easy for me as an...

I’ll Always Be a Sea Creature

• By: Cathryn Salladin Former US National Swim Team Member
• January 10th, 2024
• actually autistic, autistic experience, hope, mental health, neurodivergence, personal story, self-discovery, trauma, Winter 2024 Issue
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Note: This article has been reprinted with permission. You may view the original article, published on November 28th, 2023, at www.neurodiversitypress.com/2023/11/28/ill-always-be-a-sea-creature. At swim practice, I would pretend I was a sea creature. And when I got a little older, I’d still...

Navigating the Sandwich Generation: My Personal Journey as a Neurodivergent Entrepreneur, Mother, and Daughter

• By: Michelle Markman ND Coach, Inc.
• October 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, coaching, diagnosis acceptance, entrepreneurship, Fall 2023 Issue, family, motherhood, neurodiversity, parenting, personal story, relationships, sandwich generation
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I am a sandwich generation mother and daughter; I can attest to our unique challenges. I have the added challenge of a disability, or as I like to refer to it, a unique neurotype. Despite growing up thinking I was a neurotypical person who was just unlikeable or “weird,” I have always been...

Putting My Lived Experience to Good Use

• By: Gyasi Burks-Abbott, MS Author, Public Speaker, and Autism Self-Advocate
• December 23rd, 2022
• actually autistic, advocacy, congress, lawmakers, legislation, personal story, policy, self-advocacy, Winter 2023 Issue
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As an autism self-advocate, I wear many hats: writer, public speaker, advisor, educator. One of my roles is LEND Program Faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion. The LEND Program (an acronym for Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and...