"You've Always Just Been This Way."
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Jess Hinds was a new mom who couldn't cope, and had no idea why. The meltdowns, the panic, the bolting from moving cars. Then came a word that changed everything: autism.
This is a conversation about late autism diagnosis, the grief that comes with it, and what it really means to meet yourself for the first time.
This is a conversation about late autism diagnosis, the grief that comes with it, and what it really means to meet yourself for the first time.
Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction - today's story belongs to Jess
- 03:30 The roughest hood
- 05:00 Meltdowns, bolting from cars, and blacking out
- 09:00 A meltdown is not a tantrum
- 10:30 The diagnosis journey begins
- 13:30 The 12-page report: autism, alexithymia, and sensory processing disorder
- 16:30 Grief after diagnosis
- 18:00 Disability, not superpower- why language matters
- 20:30 Masking and the accommodations you didn't know you were making
- 22:30 Losing friends, finding community
- 24:00 Grant - and what it means to be loved well
