The Importance of Being a Zebra

On labels, autism, and self-understanding

“Have you ever thought that I might be on the spectrum,” I asked, curling my body up in the driver's seat of our 4runner. 

“Oh yeah,” she doesn’t even pause, like maybe she’s been waiting for this question but as she’s my friend and not my therapist, she probably didn’t want to initiate that conversation. Clearly she’s thought about it. 

For context, she’…