Ten Things I Wish People Knew About Me (As a Person with Autism)

At the age of three, I was diagnosed with a condition known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). It sounds like a made-up disorder, but it’s actually a form of autism. “Atypical autism,” to be exact. Though some of the stereotypically autistic behaviors associated with atypical autism tend to be milder compared …