Using Storytelling as a Self-Advocacy Tool

• By: Izabelle Azevedo Visual Storyteller and Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Inclusion Self-Advocate
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, adult diagnosis, advocacy, healing, human connection, self-acceptance, self-advocacy, storytelling, Winter 2023 Issue
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I have always tried to advocate for myself, but I noticed from a very young age that I had difficulties doing so verbally. It takes a while for me to organize my thoughts to be able to speak, and I often say that even though my speaking and writing comes from the same brain, it seems like...

Autism, Masking, and Sense of Self

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• September 29th, 2022
• actually autistic, confidence, conflict avoidance, Fall 2022 Issue, fitting in, masking, self-acceptance, self-esteem, stimming, unmasking
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In a rightly ordered world, the need to mask, or to hide one’s true self in order to "fit in," would not exist. We all deserve to be who we are without being punished for doing so. But the world in which we live is anything but rightly ordered in this respect. A multitude of autistic individuals...