Autistic Identity Is Not a Destination

An exploration of Autistic identity inspired by the Embracing Our Autistic Selves course

There is a particular weight to the sentence “I’m Autistic”.

Not because it explains everything, but because it does something.

For many of us, that sentence does not land in the intellect first. It lands in the body. It tightens the chest or loosens it. It brings relief, grief, steadiness, resistance, or something harder to name. Sometimes it feels diffe…