You're welcome! You are an amazing, kind, and generous person. I am glad to have "met" you. If for some reason you want to email me, my email is in my profile (

You're welcome! You are an amazing, kind, and generous person. I am glad to have "met" you. If for some reason you want to email me, my email is in my profile (no pressure, I am not expecting it and it will not hurt my feelings if you don't). The previous post that you made reminded me of this post, so maybe you can see where I was coming from in the previous response (written by a disabled university professor): http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/shane-burcaw-laughter-is-not-always.html http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/shane-burcaw-laughter... While I am not as "vocal" as the author of that blog, William Peace, I do agree with him 100% on the issues he brings up, along with his discourse. I say this as an adult in my early 30s, who has seen a lot. It is definitely possible that I could be autistic (this is the first time that I have written such a statement ever, and I have never, not once, claimed that I am autistic ever), but it is not my place to claim that diagnosis or identity. Plus, it is fun to throw people off. Of course I have read books about females and autism (I am female) and books about autism in general. Such diagnoses are the responsibility of doctors, and it is not my place, nor appropriate, to make that claim, as there are professionals capable of making that assertation. (I did have a doctor who knows me really well ask me if I was autistic, though, kind of like a compliment.) From an accommodation standpoint, academically, I would need none for that disability as I am already on the record for 2 rare neurological diseases affecting my peripheral nervous system plus type 1 diabetes (autoimmune and insulin dependent), and I have enough help. One of those conditions is an autoimmune form of autonomic neuropathy that I have lived with since I was 3 or so, and it is believed that it caused the autoimmunity that caused my type 1 diabetes. The autonomic nervous system affects all sorts of things like even your propensity to socialize. Also, people with ASD often have autonomic dysfunction. Sorry to go off on a ramble, but I hope you found that interesting. This is the disease I am talking about, by the way: https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/11917/autoimmune-autonomic-ganglionopathy https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/11917/autoimmune-... As for the autistic identity, I don't see the point. I know who I am, so I do not need to claim it as an identity. So, those people who make an unnecessary huge deal out of it being their identity are taking it too far. Yes, it is part of who they are, but it is only a part. Yeah, UDL is extremely difficult and I imagine that your specific type of UDL is really just starting to emerge. I guess for neuro-atypical people it comes down to UDL of curriculum, UDL of the physical spaces (arrangement and what is used physically in the space), and UDL of the environmental features of that space (ie temperature, lighting, humidity, etc.), which you likely all do. Also, how to deal with interaction utilizing UDL between neuro-atypical and neurotypical individuals is next-level difficult, which is probably the most crucial component. But, you really are amazing! :-)