It was difficult for me to get pregnant, but after the third round of fertility treatment I was finally pregnant. I was so happy and me and my husband Karim could not wait to have…

Part II: Funding Going back to college in my thirties is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It is a great source of fulfillment and a great challenge, both to my cognitive abilities…

It was April 2014. And I was across the entire world in Sydney, Australia. I had never traveled that far and I had never been pregnant before and I had never been that scared in…

You cannot talk to autistic people the way you talk to someone who is normal, she said to me. To me. How could she say that to me.  I guess I should have taken it as…

‘Following our official PhD meeting last week, I have been thinking on how to progress with my work. After many thoughts, and much pain in my heart, I think it’s best for everyone involved to…