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Explaining Autism Using Cats, Spinning Tops, and Chaos

  • Rae Elise
  • December 5, 2018
  • 6 min
  • education
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The Girl No One Thought Was Autistic: My Story

  • Rae Elise
  • January 10, 2019
  • 6 min
  • autism
  • confessions

Autistic Confessions: I Can’t Follow Spoken Directions (And Here’s Why)

  • Rae Elise
  • April 2, 2019
  • 5 min
  • autism
  • stimming

The Myths and Truths About Stimming: Oh, the Ways We Stim

  • Rae Elise
  • May 17, 2019
  • 6 min
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  • science

AuDHD: What the Autism and ADHD Overlap Numbers Really Say

  • Rae Elise
  • October 30, 2026
AuDHD means having both autism and ADHD. Two meta-analyses and an expert overview give different…
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  • autism
  • burnout

Autistic Burnout vs Depression: How They Differ and What the Research Says

  • Rae Elise
  • October 30, 2026
What the main study of autistic burnout found about how it differs from depression and…
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  • autism
  • masking

What Is Autistic Masking? Examples, Costs and What the Research Says

  • Rae Elise
  • October 30, 2026
Autistic masking explained: what counts as masking, why people do it, what it costs, and…
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  • autism

Psilocybin and the Neurodivergent Brain: What the Research Actually Says About Mushrooms for ADHD and Autism

  • Rae Elise
  • June 11, 2026
Let me be honest with you from the start: I am not here to tell…
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  • burnout
  • work

Autistic Burnout Recovery When You Still Have to Work

  • Rae Elise
  • April 2, 2026
A realistic guide to autistic burnout recovery for people who still have to keep working,…
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  • confessions
  • connection

Anonymous Autistic Confessions: A Place for the Stories We Usually Swallow

  • Rae Elise
  • April 2, 2026
Why anonymous autistic confessions matter, what kind of truths they make room for, and how…
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Some more experimental modern poetry on creative living in the AI apocalypse

  • Rae Elise
  • September 16, 2025
I started another series of darkish, autism-adjacent poetry, and some of it is pretty good,…
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The Day the AI Changed: On Grieving What 4o Meant to Us
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  • culture

The Day the AI Changed: On Grieving What 4o Meant to Us

  • Rae Elise
  • September 8, 2025
Some people lost a chatbot. Others lost something closer to… a friend. A therapist. A…
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The Year Without NaNoWriMo: Why Neurodivergent Writers Are Struggling Without It
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  • writing

The Year Without NaNoWriMo: Why Neurodivergent Writers Are Struggling Without It

  • Rae Elise
  • September 8, 2025
Every November, I used to count on NaNoWriMo like a life raft. Not because I…
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Autistic Characters in Anime: Representation, Speculation, and Relatability
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  • autism
  • culture

Autistic Characters in Anime: Representation, Speculation, and Relatability

  • Rae Elise
  • January 7, 2025
Anime is full of characters who feel out of step with the people around them.…
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About Myself

Elise R

Elise R

perpetual overthinker

Writing is my therapy and my rebellion. I live in a cozy corner of the world with a collection of fidget toys and a love for midnight snacks. I hope you’ll find comfort, humor, and maybe a little bit of yourself in these pages.

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  • Autistic Burnout Recovery When You Still Have to Work

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Anonymously Autistic

Notes from the void of my unreliable being... about the meaning and purpose of reality and shit like that. Also some poetry, but whatever. Ruthless autism advocate who can sometimes mask as neurotypical... until my next meltdown but we won't talk about that.

  • AuDHD: What the Autism and ADHD Overlap Numbers Really Say
  • Autistic Burnout vs Depression: How They Differ and What the Research Says
  • What Is Autistic Masking? Examples, Costs and What the Research Says
  • Psilocybin and the Neurodivergent Brain: What the Research Actually Says About Mushrooms for ADHD and Autism
  • Autistic Burnout Recovery When You Still Have to Work
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