Exercise tips for the depressed
Exercising can be a pain in the ass at the best of times.
When you’re depressed it’s even worse.
Sarah wrote some decidedly non-patronizing tips on what depressed folks can do to approach exercise.
To read these tips head over to The Establishment by clicking here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
MMA nostalgia is dangerous
With mixed martial arts being such a new sport it’s only now that many of its legends are having to come to terms with retirement and/or the realization they’re now physically past their primes.
The fighters who haven’t recognized this are entering into dangerous, and potentially deadly, territory.
Sarah wrote about this topic for Fightland here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
The month of April was Autism Acceptance Month, a counter-movement against the cure-focused Light It Up Blue campaigns.
As such, Sarah wrote an explainer for The Establishment about how autism awareness goes wrong.
To read the full story, go here.
Filed under Culture, Health, Shameless Promotion
A shoe
In a confessional post over at Refinery 29 Sarah explained why she walked funny as a child and why a gait specialist messing with her shoes was so emotionally damaging.
The reason, it turned out, wasn’t something she’d figure out until many years later.
To read the story “How I Made Friends With My Autistic Body” head over to Refinery 29 by clicking here.
Filed under Health, Recollections, Shameless Promotion
The spectrum
When Sarah occasionally writes about her autistic experiences for various publications there’s usually a virulent response, almost always from the parents of an autistic child, who tries to shout her down by saying she’s a) not autistic enough, so her opinion doesn’t count, or b) glamorizing the whole thing.
This is not true.
She explained why in a piece she wrote for The Establishment.
To read it click here.
Filed under Culture, Health, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 