• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Geek Club Books

Autism Education, Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
    • Autism Storytelling for Hope and Change
    • Speaking
    • Creative Team & Educational Specialists
    • Advisory Board
    • Our Benefactors
    • Press
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
  • Blog
    • All Articles and Interviews
    • Articles By Author
  • Families
    • Welcome Autism Families!
    • Autism Resources Bundle!
    • Freebies
    • Mighty League Autism Moms
  • Educators
    • Welcome Educators!
    • Autism EDU
    • Bluebee TeeVee, Autism Information Station
    • School Visits
  • Comics
    • Autism Comics Overview
    • Autism in Real Life Comic
    • Autism Spectrum Comic
    • End Awareness Comic
    • Understanding Autism Comic
    • Mighty League 1: Autistic Hero Comic
    • Mighty League 2: Autistic Hero Comic Book
  • Resources
    • How to Find Resources
    • Asking Autistics
    • Autistic Self-care
    • Amazon Autism Book Shop
    • What is Autism?
    • Books By Autistic Authors
    • What is Autism Awareness?
    • Autism Glossary
    • Autism Myths
    • Autistic or Person with Autism?
    • Speech and Language
    • Autism Business Ideas
  • Zoom Magazine
    • Issue 13: Family
    • Issue 14: Trailblazers
    • Issue 15: Powerful Women
    • Issue 16: Travel
    • Issue 17: Health
  • Take Action
    • How to Advocate for Autism
      • #Activate4Autism
      • Activator Heroes
    • Make a Difference
  • Contact
  • Donate

#ImpactfulBlogs: Quirky and Bright, A Woman on the Spectrum

January 16, 2020 By Jodi Murphy Leave a Comment

TwitterFacebookPinterestLinkedInRedditWhatsApp

Autistic blogger Sarah Nannery

Sarah Nannery blogs about Autism, Asperger’s, life, love, books, and parenthood, all from the lens of a woman on the spectrum.

Your blog:

Quirky & Bright

Your City, Country:

New York, United States

Inspiration for Writing a Blog:

I was looking for others with similar experiences to my own, to learn from and exchange ideas. What I found were very few #ActuallyAutistic voices, and a whole lot of neurotypical people talking about their Autistic kids. I knew that there must be other adults, and other women, parents, and professionals with ASD, who were going through some of the same struggles I was, so I decided to start blogging about my experiences in the hope that others might read and relate to what I was saying and find something useful for their own lives.

Intention or Mission of Your Blog:

My intention is to add one more authentic voice to the mainstream conversation, to continue to help dispel myths and fear and miscommunication around Autism, and to offer comfort and common ground for people going through their own versions of neurodiversity.

Topics you Write About:

I post 1-3 times per month on:

  • Memories about what it was like to grow up with Autism (#MemoryLane #Childhood);
  • Personal experiences and tools for being a parent with Autism to a child with Autism (#Parenting);
  • Insider perspectives of what it means to be an adult with Autism (#ASDinsider);
  • Specific tools for improving and interpreting interpersonal communication with ASD (#Communication);
  • Personal reviews and insights about Autism resources, books, websites, and articles (#Resources); and Insights and facts related to various myths that still exist about Autism in mainstream discourse (#MythBusters)

A Memory and Proud Moment:

After a few weeks of blogging, a mother reached out to me on Instagram to let me know that reading my blog has helped her to understand what her daughter with ASD is going through. She felt more equipped to react to her daughter with compassion and tools, as opposed to confusion or anger. That was exactly the kind of thing that I was hoping would happen when I started sharing my own experiences!

Your Top 3 Favorite Posts:

How Autism Manifests in Me

Explores what Asperger’s/Autism means to me and to others who share in an ASD journey.

Taking Off the Mask

Learning about the concept of “taking off the mask” and my experiment with taking my mask off momentarily and how that felt.

ASD and Empathy

Addresses the misinformed ideas that people with autism have no empathy and that lack of empathy is one of the defining traits of the ASD brain. It’s simply not true.

What People Will Take Away After Reading Your Blog:

I hope people will take away the feeling that we are all in this together. That we all experience our own forms of neurodiversity, and that the label of Autism is just that – a label – and that it is not the be-all-end-all of any person’s existence. We all struggle with similar things all through our lives, and we all have developed our own tools and coping mechanisms to be successful.

How to Connect with Sarah:

Please don’t hesitate to reach out! I’m here to share and interact: [email protected].

Now it’s time to share your geeky side with us…after all, we are ‘Geek’ Club Books!

Movie you could watch over and over: Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows

Favorite Star Trek Captain: Jean Luc-Picard, hands down

Quote You Live By: “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

If you liked this post you may also like:

  • #ImpactfulBlogs: Navigating Life-My Unique Journey
  • #ImpactfulBlogs: Edge of the Playground
  • Articles and essays by our Autistic writers
  • More Impactful Blog profiles
  • Zoom Autism Magazine
TwitterFacebookPinterestLinkedInRedditWhatsApp

Filed Under: Blog Haps, Impactful Blogs Tagged With: #ActuallyAutistic, autism blogs, autistic writer, college

About Jodi Murphy

Jodi Murphy is the founder of Geek Club Books, a registered nonprofit committed to creating a world where autistic individuals are fully accepted, valued and have a voice. Her priority is bringing autistic individuals creative and leadership opportunities that are meaningful, empowering and support their advocacy. She works with a creative autistic team to produce pop culture-based autism awareness education that is innovative, engaging, positive and opens hearts and minds to a new way of thinking about autism. Sign up for Geek Club Books mailing list for free apps, resource guides, curriculum, audio stories and more: https://geekclubbooks.com/autism-bundle.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Join Our Neurodiverse Community:

Read Our Current Issue:

Search

Latest

  • A Year That Forced Me to Be More Patient and Flexible
  • This Year I’ll No Longer Apologize for Taking Up Space
  • #AskingAutistics: What Caused Your Autistic Burnout?
  • Why I’m the Caregiver I Never Had Growing Up
  • Allowing Myself Grace at Every Turn

Topics

  • 501c3 Mission (8)
  • Anxiety (8)
  • App & Product Reviews (12)
  • Autimisms (29)
  • Autism Acceptance (13)
  • Autism at Work (9)
  • Autism Entrepreneurs (17)
  • Autism Resources (6)
  • Blog Haps (534)
  • Buzz (6)
  • Classroom (15)
  • Curious Interviews (116)
  • Day in the Life (9)
  • Dorktales (4)
  • Impactful Blogs (9)
  • Labels (4)
  • Love (5)
  • Mighty League (31)
  • Neurodiversity (2)
  • Our Personal Autism Journey (28)
  • Penfriend Project Autism Columns (215)
    • Adriana's Awesome Autistic Book Lists (1)
    • Aspierations (16)
    • Autism Insider (76)
    • Autistic Speaks (27)
    • Being Brave (25)
    • Chloe Rothschild (3)
    • Fidgets and Fries (2)
    • Happy Aspie (9)
    • My Shaynanigans (8)
    • Neurodivergent Rebel (19)
    • Positively Autistic (17)
    • Proud Autistic Living (6)
    • Tud Sense (5)
  • Pop Culture (8)
  • Safety (8)
  • Self-Care (7)
  • Self-Esteem (3)
  • Self-Improvement (10)
  • Sensory Needs (9)
  • Social Skills (4)
  • Speech and Language (6)
  • Tell Us Your Story (29)
  • Zoom Autism (55)

Footer

Support Our Work

Partners

#ReadYourWorld Advisor
 

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2021 Geek Club Books

To improve your experience on our site we may use cookies. Find out more.