Hi Everyone, I’m an Autistic Woman 🖖

I was recently diagnosed as autistic after a lifetime of missed social cues, baffling misunderstandings, bullying, sensory overload, and atypical / “inappropriate”  emotional reactions, among other things… Apparently, unless there’s an accompanying intellectual disability, most girls aren’t diagnosed as autistic until their 40s!  (And only then, often because their own […] Read more »

Navigating a Creative Life After a Life-Altering Disability

crochet rainbow baby blanket

So it’s been a while… I’ve been learning to deal with my severe disability for the past 5+ years and while I can’t paint anymore (hopefully down the road), I realized I can create in fiber while laying in bed. So in 2017 I taught myself to crochet and have […] Read more »

Millions Missing & why I’ve been missing from arts on Kauai & my life in general…

Millions Missing Tropical Beach excursions Donia Lilly since 2012

I haven’t sent out a newsletter in over a year because after the intense amount of work & energy I put into the Kauai Art Tour I became very ill. We live in a society that constantly tells us: Go! Go! Go! PUSH! No Pain, No Gain! Never Give Up!!! But […] Read more »