Today’s episode explores themes of autistic adulthood, sensory experience, and intimacy. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, uses personal recollections, particularly of early experiences in San Francisco, to describe developing a “language for embodiment” and understanding consent as an “atmosphere” rather than a set of rules. Dr. Hoerricks contrasts the “narrow” view of autistic adulthood found in educational transition plans, which focuses only on basic survival skills, with the vitality of lived sensory experience. She asserts that autistic sensory literacy—or being intensely sensitive—is not a disorder but a “form of knowing” and an “archive” where memory is stored as “sensory residue”. Ultimately, she argues for a reclamation of autistic sensuality and intelligence, which is measured by “resonance” rather than conventional metrics.

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/learning-touch-late-sensory-residue

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