For the Birds

For the Birds

Autistic joy is joy

two poems
play + experiment in celebration of Autistic Pride Day.
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
My biggest takeaways from NeuroDiversion 2026
I laughed! I cried! A goat tried to eat my phone (I wish I'd let him).
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
Replay: "Magical Containers: What Works for Neurodivergent Creatives"
In which Amanda Bray and I talk all things frivolous, emotional, and exuberantly contained.
 • Sarah Teresa Cook and Amanda N. Bray
56:16
the life-changing magic of giving an autistic person an agenda
neurodivergent needs, meeting prep, and the vital distinction between reassurance and accommodation.
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
the chaotic rhythm of work
a personal tour of the many ways i gather and hold my time.
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
internal monologue
"you feel relief. you feel sadness. you want to talk to people. you don’t want to talk to people."
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
just remarkable
an autism diagnosis journal - part five of five
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
just remarkable
an autism diagnosis journal - part four of five
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
just remarkable
an autism diagnosis journal - part three of five
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
just remarkable
an autism diagnosis journal - part two of five
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
just remarkable
an autism diagnosis journal - part one of five
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
radical empathy
"The Telepathy Tapes," the trouble with coherence, and the real people we're harming when we wholly dismiss the podcast.
 • Sarah Teresa Cook
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