We usually meet autism through other people’s stories.
Through diagnostic language.
Through books, posts, memes, and threads.
Through words that try to explain us before we’ve had a chance to explain ourselves.
In this episode, David explores autistic identity as something we don’t simply discover, but slowly write.
An identity shaped by lived experience.
By sensation.
By memory.
By relationship.
By growth.
This is a reflective, philosophical conversation about moving from borrowed narratives to self-authored meaning; and about giving ourselves permission to change the story as we change.
If you’re early in your autistic journey, this episode offers gentle orientation.
If you’re further along, it offers permission to revise, expand, and soften old conclusions.
Autistic identity isn’t a finished product.
It’s a living text.
And you are already writing.
You don’t have to write your story alone.
You don’t have to get it “right.”
You just have to keep listening inward.
