Starfish and Coffee
This is a really, really, really beautiful story, thanks for sharing this.<p>I don&#x27;t know exactly where Cynthia was at on which spectrums, but this reminds me a lot of the female-phenotype of autism (surprisingly different from male autism, one reason why it&#x27;s under diagnosed). I say this as an autistic person with a combined type having some generally male exclusive and some female exclusive traits. I developed as nonbinary so it took me a while to realize I was autistic, even after learning I was nonbinary.<p>Before I knew I was nonbinary, I thought I was NT. Because &quot;that&#x27;s not autism&#x27;!<p>Anywho, interesting stuff. I&#x27;ve found the book &quot;Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder&quot; to shed a really helpful light on the subject, and would definitely recommend it if you have autistic female family members, are questioning but don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s right because &quot;it doesn&#x27;t fit me&quot;, or may be a combined type (oftentimes spectrum people don&#x27;t develop according to standard gender binaries, ya see.)<p>Happy for any questions, this story was heartwarming and I didn&#x27;t bob in the toilet but Ive had my oddities growing up! ;D<p>P.S.: I use &quot;Pee Pee&quot; all the time, and it made me so happy to see &#x27;Starfish and Pee Pee&#x27; when I was skimming the article before figuring out the topic. I&#x27;m still giggling 30 minutes later. :) XD