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A Confirmed Autistic’s Guide to Self-Diagnosis

May 18, 2019September 1, 2019 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 3 Comments

If your access to resources is limited, you may be considering self diagnosis. You may worry about whether you can get the help you need. Here's a guide to making the most of a tough situation.

Why I’m not upset with people who self-diagnose autism

May 9, 2019July 31, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 17 Comments

Some people claim that self-diagnosed autistic people are gobbling up resources and making people take real autistics less seriously. But are they really? Let's get to the heart of the matter.

I’m Not “High-Functioning”

April 22, 2019December 30, 2023 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 11 Comments

As an autistic person, my life can be very hard, and my disability impacts me in so many ways.

Down Syndrome: She’s No Mistake

April 8, 2019February 21, 2021 ~ MissLunaRose ~ Leave a comment

What would it be like, to be a person with Down syndrome and hearing that you are the way that you are because of a mistake? To hear that you are defective? That you exist as the result of an "error"?

Attacking Ableists: Why it Fails, and How to Change Their Minds

March 30, 2019May 18, 2019 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 23 Comments

Calling people ableist, even when it's true, rarely results in productive conversation. So what do you do when someone says something awful? Here's a starting place.

A New Beginning

February 24, 2019May 30, 2022 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 3 Comments

I remember returning to my hometown, after years spent away. This is my story.

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