This captivating personal essay manages to convincingly describe the reality and debilitating potential of autism, while at the same time describing the individual diversity behind ‘neurodiversity’ that sometimes makes me doubtful how helpful these DSM-defined labels are:

ASD is a spectrum, but there is often a presumption that the spectrum is a linear gradient from mild to severe. In fact, the disorder is not a spectrum but spectra, a solar system of sprawling constellations in 3-D that differs from one person to the next. Within autistic communities, they say, “If you’ve met one person with ASD, you’ve met one person with ASD.”

Origin of the wonderfully useful 'spoon' unit of energy used by the chronically ill and disabled – including myself. By Christine Miserandino.

A reflection on work and life with an unreliable and unpredictable body. The concept of ‘crip time’ is a great counterpoint to typical approaches to time and planning, clarifying that and how these create inaccessibility for differently abled people.