Chronicles of a Middle-Aged Autistic Woman

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  • Death and Other Super Chill Stuff

    Death and Other Super Chill Stuff

    Lise Fiola

    Hi. It’s me. Thinking about death again in a very practical, autistic way. Like: We’re all going to die. Everyone who has ever existed before us? Dead. Billions of people. All...

    Death and Other Super Chill Stuff

    Lise Fiola

    Hi. It’s me. Thinking about death again in a very practical, autistic way. Like: We’re all going to die. Everyone who has ever existed before us? Dead. Billions of people. All...

  • My Weird Little Secret Ritual

    My Weird Little Secret Ritual

    Lise Fiola

    Let’s talk about something incredibly niche, deeply satisfying, slightly embarrassing, and absolutely essential to my daily functioning as an autistic person: Cutting off my split ends. I have other stims,...

    My Weird Little Secret Ritual

    Lise Fiola

    Let’s talk about something incredibly niche, deeply satisfying, slightly embarrassing, and absolutely essential to my daily functioning as an autistic person: Cutting off my split ends. I have other stims,...

  • The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Learned About my Nervous System (and Shame)

    The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Lea...

    Lise Fiola

    I am a middle-aged woman who was diagnosed with autism late in life, which means I spent decades thinking I was just “bad at being a person.” Loud places made...

    The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Lea...

    Lise Fiola

    I am a middle-aged woman who was diagnosed with autism late in life, which means I spent decades thinking I was just “bad at being a person.” Loud places made...

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