My name is Addison Elliot. At 32 years of age, I was officially diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This diagnosis coming after being married already, having a family, and career instability. What I thought was going to be over as an adult, did not improve as I aged. I thought social life would improve and communication barriers would begin to show light through, it just didn’t happen in the ways I thought any of it would.

Therapy had been ongoing for years, and my entire life something felt off. Something was different, and whatever that something might be would be all-encompassing. The therapist sent me over to a psychiatrist for medication to…