In a weird way I feel like I somehow stumbled into figuring it out early on in life. I didn’t know I was queer or autistic until late in high school. When I was in high school, I ran track, headed the debate team, wrote angry essays about politics, played music. Those things kept me afloat in a system and society that didn’t know how to deal with kids with autism and ADHD. Recently, I return to a combo of all of those things: they still help me feel soothed and empowered today.