Hi! I’m LyDiA,
(yes, that's a pen name)
I am a 25-year-old young woman who has recently, for the lack of a better term, self-diagnosed as autistic. ["Diagnosis" is such a medical term that I would prefer to stay away from it and think of it more as (re)connecting with my truest self.]
I began my blog "Proud to be Weird" to thought-spill and share my experience with this journey in hopes to help other late-diagnosed autistics and especially autistic women/girls. Generally speaking, most "official" autistic things gear towards children and (white) males, so autistic females are often overlooked. As more autistic women find themselves and come forward about their experiences, I find that I can both relate to some things and don't relate at all to others (of course, autism is a spectrum), so I hope to find others who can relate to my experiences/be a space for others to feel they belong.
Why LyDiA? Well, Late-Diagnosed Autistic, and I wanted something more feminine to reflect my above goals. I feel, for some reason, that anonymity enables me to be completely open about everything, which is more beneficial for me, those who I want to connect with, and my goals.
Recent Posts
“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth
the doing is what we do for others.”
― Lewis Carroll
Resources
list of websites, blogs, books, & art that have helped me on my journey or are by Autistics
