Ashlea McKayMar 9, 20204 minQuirk Monster #10: My need for processing time as an autistic personLast week someone asked me for some time to sit down to learn more about an area of my expertise. I paused to process that information...
Ashlea McKayFeb 29, 20203 minQuirk Monster #9: The ghosts of pre diagnosis life part 1I was diagnosed as autistic later in life. While that was an amazingly positive step forward for me and finally gave me a sense of...
Ashlea McKayFeb 24, 20204 minQuirk Monster #8: Autistic does not equal less capable“How can you be autistic? You seem capable to me” is one of the most common things people say when they meet me for the first time and...
Ashlea McKayFeb 22, 20203 minQuirk Monster #7: Why I don’t like functioning labels for autismI was having a blood test when the nurse spied my medicalert bracelet. They flipped it over, read the inscription and laughed. They...