Finding HopeMy Autism Tattoos
Posted on July 19, 2026
TW: photos featuring old, faded self harm scars, brief mention of pet death, and brief mention of discrimination due to disability.
Back in 2022, I made a post about tattoo ideas to celebrate autistic identity, exploring some of the common ideas and then some more unique and/or abstract ones that people have gotten. I also shared some ideas of what I thought I might get as a tattoo to represent my autistic identity, having wanted to get a tattoo since I was about fifteen. I still like a lot of the more unusual ideas that I shared in the post – and I have actually ended up with a whale tattoo, inspired by the story of The Loneliest Whale – but inevitably I found a lot of different ideas in the years since I uploaded that post…
I think it’s probably safe to say that all of my tattoos are connected to my being autistic in some way because all of my tattoos are inspired by things that I love or that are important to me and I think that that response and sense of connection is ultimately due to the autistic lens through which I experience the world or because of events or moments connected to my autistic experience. For example, I have a tattoo of my cat, Lucy, who I got just before I was diagnosed and so she had seen me through that whole journey until she had to be put down last year. But there are definitely degrees to which my tattoos are related to my Autism and so I thought I’d shared the ones that are most deeply connected…
Read MoreTeam Daisy – One Year In
Posted on June 20, 2026
TW: mention of pet loss and grief, mentions of meltdowns and harmful stimming. No descriptions. Some discussion of people responding disrespectfully to Daisy while working but nothing upsetting, just ignorant.
As of the end of April, my Autism Assistance Dog, Daisy, has been fully qualified for a whole year and in that time, she’s been a huge help to me both inside and outside the house. I’d hoped to have this post written and up by the actual anniversary but then my youngest cat, Sooty, had to be rushed to the vet and put to sleep very suddenly, which left me in a complete spiral. I ended up in the worst depression pit I’ve experienced in years and it took me a while to climb out of it and even longer to get my life sorted out enough to sit down and write this. So here we finally are…
Daisy moved into our home at the beginning of March 2025 and was fully qualified two months later at the end of April. But of course, the learning – for both of us – didn’t stop there and I wanted to use the first anniversary of her qualifying as an assistance dog to write about what this first year has been like, how much we’ve learned, and how much we’ve grown as a partnership. I did post a video on the year anniversary of her moving in that I will share here too, at the end of this point, if for no other reason than because she’s really, really cute.
May 2026 in Photos
Posted on June 1, 2026
TW: mentions of depression and pet loss/grief.
As I’ve said in previous posts, I love a good photo challenge and I really liked the prompts posted for May: I felt like they allowed for more creativity than some of the previous months have (hence why I didn’t end up doing or finishing them) and, as a result, I enjoyed the challenge a lot more. I started the month in a really deep bit of depression so it wasn’t the worst thing for me to have something to do each day, even if it was as simple as finding something to take a photo off, and then, as I came out of that pit, it served as a good way to remember what a very hectic but also really special month…
Finding Hope 