Autistic Culture

Queer Identity Development

by Sarah Selvaggi Hernandez
March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Identity development has always felt objectively performative. And, by definition of James Marcia accessed in modern US academic databases, it is: you do something, somethingRead More »Queer Identity Development

Sensory Saved my Marriage

by Sarah Selvaggi Hernandez
March 22, 2022April 25, 2022

I truly believe that understanding our sensory profiles helped us stay together. We are both neurodivergent and have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT profiles.

What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria?

by Sarah Selvaggi Hernandez
March 7, 2022April 25, 2022

A series of infographics to help dispel the stigma, create equity in access, and radical inclusion of people with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.

Photo of a page from Glennon Doyle's book Untamed. It reads: "But our society is so hell-bent on expansion, power, and efficiency at all costs that the folks like Tish -like me- are inconvenient. We slow the world down. We're on the bow of the Titanic, pointing, crying out, "Iceberg! Iceberg!" while every one else is below deck, yelling back, "We just want to keep dancing!" It is easier to call us broken and dismiss us than to consider that we are responding appropriately to a broken world. My little girl is not broken. She is a prophet. I want to be wise enough to stop with her, ask her what she feels, and listen to what she knows.

Autistic Parenting – Untamed

by Sarah Selvaggi Hernandez
February 6, 2021April 25, 2022

Autistic parenting is healing intergenerational trauma while authentically parenting your own children.