![The words YOU GOT THIS written in chalk on a bitumen road with leaves and twigs around it.](https://theunmaskedautistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/you-got-this-image-768x512.jpg)
Looking to the past in my battle against Autistic burnout
This might sound like a strange one. But after living my entire 52 years not knowing that I’m Autistic (to this point at least – hopefully there’s a bit more living to come!), I have created an affirmation to help remind me who I (really)…
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You said you’re what now?
What autism is (and isn’t), why I’m disclosing with such abandon, and why nobody knew I was autistic in the first place Towards the end of 2022 I went into hiding. I took sick leave from work, I set my LinkedIn account to hibernation (I…
![The word autistic separated into three syllables and written in lowercase white lettering against a black background.](https://theunmaskedautistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/autistic-word.jpg)
What’s in a name anyway?
Let me pose you a riddle: When is a noun not a noun? Here’s a funny dog cartoon for you to look at while you consider the answer… Who doesn’t love a good cartoon about dogs, hey? Anyway, I’m sure you’re just dying to know…
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The Unmasked Autistic’s first post
The first post lays the foundations for everything that follows and sets the direction each post will take after that. While that might be true for fences, this is a blog, the first I’ve written, and it’s about me, The Unmasked Autistic, Glenn to those…