Version Twelve
I started this a little late, but I'll try to put together a changelog to help readers (and maybe even me) keep track of what's getting built in this directory.
- index.xhtml – the (somewhat fake) front page
- 16:20 25-Apr-22 page created
- autism01.xhtml – the actual front page for talking about autism
- 21:30 25-Apr-22 page created with opening info, external link to meme gallery, link to autism02.xhtml
- 16:00 28-Apr-22 added links to autism04.xhtml and autism05.xhtml, as well as a link to this file
- 13:57 03-May-22 added a link to autism06.xhtml and a direct link to autism03.xhtml
- 22:28 03-May-22 added a link to autism07.xhtml
- 13:12 18-Jun-22 added another links page (and a link to autism10.xhtml) and noted that I now have a signed report from my clinician
- autism02.xhtml – pre-diagnostic chronology
- 20:30 25-Apr-22 page created with chronology, links to two LiveJournal pages and autism03.xhtml
- 11:15 29-Apr-22 added addenda talking about the difficulty of getting evaluated as an adult and why that happened, and also a silver lining about not having had an IEP
- 11:18 14-Apr-23 added addendum about self-diagnosis, clarifying that my comments about it not working do not mean it isn't valid for anybody, just that it wouldn't have been valid for me
- autism03.xhtml – discussion about ACS
- 21:30 25-Apr-22 page created with discussion of time at ACS and how it affected me viewed through this lens, with links to ACS and back to autism02.xhtml
- autism04.xhtml – discussion about telling people
- 15:00 28-Apr-22 page created with discussion about telling people and anticipated reactions, and positives/negatives of disclosure, with link back to autism02.xhtml
- autism05.xhtml – knowledge log
- 15:45 28-Apr-22 page created with comment on literalness, idiomatic expressions, and sarcasm
- 13:33 03-May-22 added commentary on one of my biggest personal struggles and how autism has exacerbated it (without me knowing)
- 10:13 04-May-22 added commentary on some of what having autism means to me right now
- 10:53 08-May-22 added commentary on nomenclature issues which may or may not relate to autism
- 11:02 08-May-22 added commentary on obliviousness
- 22:34 09-May-22 added more commentary on nomenclature issues (definitely see a theme here)
- 11:11 10-May-22 added some commentary on collective bargaining, which segues into pay
- 12:42 16-May-22 added some commentary on friendships and other interpersonal relations, and change being hard
- 23:48 27-May-22 added some commentary on being apprehensive about being adjudged out of line for saying something, and how that leads to some less-than-fun paranoia
- 00:00 30-May-22 added some commentary on diversity and representation, particularly in high school, and some commentary about grades in general and math grades (and extra credit) in particular
- 23:35 08-Jun-22 added two separate pieces of commentary, one on words and nomenclature (again!), and another on diversity within autism based on something I saw at work
- 23:44 21-Jun-22 added two separate pieces of commentary, one on interest threshhold and one on processing delays
- 11:24 30-Jun-22 added more comments on words, points of view, and anger among autistics
- 15:25 26-Feb-23 added some thoughts about identifying as autistic, developmental timelines, and sensory issues
- 13:09 30-Mar-23 added some bits about neurodivergent fictional characters and the universes they inhabit
- 23:44 28-Jun-23 added some discussion about some concepts and terms that (shock!) I don't understand the way others do
- autism06.xhtml – letter to the authorities of my past
- 13:50 03-May-22 page created with a letter addressed to authority figures in my past that I would like to know about this; it's a landing page for some people to find out about this
- autism07.xhtml – question log
- 23:25 03-May-22 page created addressing some trepidation about what people say and addressing a couple questions I have been asked
- autism08.xhtml – some painful introspection
- 16:30 10-May-22 page created addressing some hard questions and even harder acceptances that I don't have yet
- autism09.xhtml – a response to someone
- 18:44 29-May-22 page created with a letter to Anna Lenhardt in response to her response to autism06.xhtml
- autism10.xhtml – book reactions
- 13:23 18-Jun-22 page created
- 23:19 19-Jun-22 response to The Aspie Girl’s Guide to Being Safe With Men: The Unwritten Safety Rules No-One Is Telling You
- autism11.xhtml – high school extracurriculars
- 00:27 06-Jun-22 page created with a discussion of how I got the three main extracurricular activities I had in high school