Vividly Autistic

This post aims to shed some light on why some autistic people lose their speech exactly when they need it most, what the people who live it firsthand tell us, and why the answer is not only handing someone a tool, but also changing the world that listens to them.

If you've recently received a diagnosis — or are in the process of exploring one — and find yourself wondering whether what you're experiencing is autism, ADHD, or both, you're asking exactly the right question. And the honest answer is: it's often both, and that's not a coincidence.

La vida adulta neurodivergente tiene su propia complejidad. A las diferencias que vienen con los propios diagnósticos se suma una carga acumulada. Años de masking y de estrategias que surgieron más desde la supervivencia que desde el bienestar, en un contexto que ahora exige producir, sostener relaciones y resolver la vida económica al mismo tiempo.

Adult neurodivergent life has its own complexity. On top of the differences that come with the diagnoses themselves, there is an accumulated load. Years of masking and of strategies that emerged more from survival than from well-being, in a context that now demands producing, sustaining relationships, and resolving economic life all at the same time.