The first thing I did was try to find someone to help me as an autistic adult. All I got was, “Sorry, we don’t work with adults, only kids.” No one had any resources they could point me to either. I was just told all resources are for kids. After this, I felt the deep […]
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Autism, ADHD & Unrelenting Determination
This article is the first one posted to the revived autisticinnovator.com. To continue on the 5.5 year long legacy of education and support for our autistic, ADHD, and neurodivergent community, new blog posts will still be posted here. Some articles were posted to the original autisticinnovator.com autism blog, and some were posted to the shop.autisticinnovator.com […]
Accommodations for Autistic Adults in the Workplace
This article was originally posted late 2021 to the autisticinnovator.com autism blog back when I was an employee in an office job. There were a lot of links in the original article, but all the links are 5 years out of date, so I didn’t include them here. If you have been wondering what reasonable […]
What to Do After an Autism Diagnosis
This article was originally posted to the autisticinnovator.com autism blog back in early 2021. I learned I’m autistic in December 2019, so when I wrote this article I was still in my first year of autistic self-discovery realizing all the things I do that made me seem socially inept to neurotypicals, are perfectly normal amongst […]
What is Stimming: Self-Acceptance & Embracing Our Stims
This article was originally posted to the shop.autisticinnovator.com store blog in February 2025. Originally I was going to try making a book about stimming, but then I realized I don’t want to do that. Instead I just put everything I wrote for a book in one article and posted it. The first question we ask […]
The Truth About Chewelry Care: Material Safety
This article was originally posted to the shop.autisticinnovator.com store blog February 2026. There are so many dangerous myths parroted by all the neurotypical owned chew necklace stores on how they say to take care of chewelry, and I had to clear this up and tell people the truth before someone gets hurt. There are a […]
The Truth About Chew Necklace Structure
This article was originally posted to the shop.autisticinnovator.com store blog December 23, 2025. There were a lot of product photos of chew necklaces in this article originally, but I have a new policy of no images in articles on this website. All the chew necklaces mentioned in this educational article are available on the Shop […]
Nick: Interview with an Autistic Tabletop War-Game Painter
This article was originally posted to the autisticinnovator.com autism blog back in December 2020. Nick was my second interview in the monthly series. I had never heard of anything like what Nick does, and I think he still does this, so I thought he’d be an interesting interview. Nick from KomarevProjekts turned his special interest […]
Nicci: Interview with an Autistic Boudoir Photographer
This article was originally posted to the autisticinnovator.com autism blog in 2021. Nicci had such a unique business. I thought Nicci’s story could bring inspiration to their fellow autistic photographers. Nicci is a talented and hardworking boudoir photographer with her business Nicci Marie Photography. She thrives on following her passion for boudoir photography and increasing […]
Living with Alexithymia: Love, Life & Relationships
This article was first posted to the original autisticinnovator.com autism blog back in winter 2021. After I learned what Alexithymia was, I finally had an explanation for why I struggled so much to figure out what emotion I was having, and why it was like a guessing game trying to figure it out. I wrote […]