Unmasked at Last Poetry of a Midlife Journey to Identity and Autism Acceptance

This book contains poetry, written as necessary therapy, when an undiagnosed woman on the autism spectrum suffered from autistic burnout, going from just functional to not functional. Grief, loss, burnout, and diagnosis led to a stream of identity crises and lifestyle adjustments. Quality of life and acceptance of self without denial about her autism became the focus of her redesigned life. These poems document and reveal her painful journey through the darkness and out the other side to a hopeful, authentic life.