This is a system designed to have us do nothing but caregiving

What if doing nothing, and adding nothing to an interaction, was a superpower?

My judgment is not clouded by pumpkin pie

What was I waiting for? For it to get so bad that someone else might have to make that decision for me?

What will you do when the person with access needs is you?

We must make everywhere accessible, not look for heroics or theatrics

Autism is the best part of my experience of Americanness

We are so afraid of and repulsed by any behavior that comes across as over the top. No wonder when someone autistic becomes upset, bystanders cannot just let them get through it.