Jason Stalides

Can identifying as autistic change not only how we understand ourselves, but how other people understand autism? And can claiming autistic identity itself become a form of disability advocacy? Love identity issues: stalides.substack.com/p/autistic-l... #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticIdentity

How can autistics avoid burnout if we don’t always recognize it until it’s too late. And are autistic leaders at greater risk? Read it here to see where I landed: stalides.substack.com/p/autistic-l... #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLeadership #AutisticBurnout

My latest newsletter essay kind of exploded. Feels good as hell. It also opened new possibilities and created a strange kind of paralysis. So I wrote through it. 🔗My ramblings here: heropsychology.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-l... #Writing #AutisticLeadership #ExecutiveFunction

Is autistic leadership itself a form of disability advocacy? That’s the idea I explore in my latest Hero Psychology essay. ⚡ Give it a read and let me know what you think: 🔗https://stalides.substack.com/p/autistic-leadership-as-an-act-of #ActuallyAutistic

Sort of restarted my blog. It’s now a place to think and write about Hero Psychology, related issues, and developing ideas, versus duplicating my Substack essays: stalides.substack.com I talk more about it in the blog post: heropsychology.blogspot.com/2026/08/repo...

Autism is a pathway to abilities some consider to be... unnatural Been thinking about how powerful autistic strengths can also be equally powerful limitations. ⚡ Read the essay here (do it!): stalides.substack.com/p/the-power-... #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLeadership #StarWars

I feel the best about myself when I am more myself. But when is masking needed? Unmask...or maybe even better, master the mask. 🎭 The Autistic Leader with a Thousand Masks 🔗Read the essay: stalides.substack.com/p/the-autist... #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity

🤔 So what the heck is my dissertation even about? Autistic leadership. Higher education. Disability. Narrative identity. And the stories we tell about what a leader is supposed to look like. 📖 I finally wrote about it: stalides.substack.com/p/autistic-l... #AutisticLeadership #Neurodiversity

Wow. This one hits hard and powerefully.

Whelp...I guess I'm a YouTuber now. 🤷‍♂️ I finally stopped overthinking and just did it. My first Hero Psychology video is live. I talk about how The Odyssey helped me settle on autoethnography for my dissertation. It's rough, but that's okay. 🎥 youtu.be/P6hc_nEK0K4?... #HeroPsychology #AuDHD

Day 1 switching from #Ritalin to #Adderall. I can only tolerate so much Ritalin before I get a massive migraine. I also have a pretty big crash after work. Hoping the switch will help. Can anyone relate? Advice? Wish me luck #ADHD #Adderall

Surely you're not sick of The Odyssey yet. 🤓 From The AuDyssey to The AuDoethnography. Dissertation writing is helping weave my AuDHD story together. Lend me your thoughts. And your subscription. 🔗 stalides.substack.com/p/the-audoet... #HeroPsychology #AuDHD

Caught the new Spider-Man with my kids last night. It was pretty good. Darker than usual. I have some thoughts brewing about Peter Parker, ADHD, masking, and the movie’s monomyth and identity-development beats. More soon. 🕷️ #SpiderMan #HeroPsychology

🦸 Absolute Wonder Woman #14 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 Diana confronts a literal manifestation of her Shadow. She buries it, but I'm not convinced she reconciles with it. 🧠 Wonder Woman: Wonder Journey | Foreclosure | Generativity vs. Stagnation 💬 Would you analyze Diana differently? #WonderWoman #HeroPsychology

Hero Psychology Review: Superman #34 4.75/5. Superman's view of Prime horrifies him. He refuses to confront that part of himself. Superboy Prime: Atonement with the Father | Moratorium | Identity vs. Role Confusion What is your Prime Hero Psychology take? #Superman #HeroPsychology

Hero Psychology Comic Review: Punisher #2 4.5/5. Excellent art and story. Frank feels and looks very Frank. Frank Castle: Call or Refusal of the Call | Moratorium | Initiative vs. Guilt What is your Hero Psychology analysis? #Punisher #HeroPsychology

Hero Psychology Review: Venom #257 3/5. This dragged on. You knew the aunts would live and that Carnage Spider-Man is just a gimmick. A flat one at that.. Peter Parker: Battle with the Dragon | Moratorium | Intimacy vs. Isolation. What would your Hero Psychology analysis be? #SpiderMan

Why do #writing habits collapse, especially for #autistic & #ADHD thinkers? I wrote an #essay on obsession, attention, and rebuilding consistency after a missed week. ✍️ open.substack.com/pub/stalides/p… #AuDHD #HeroPsychology

We're living in the #scifi future I’ve been obsessed with since I was a kid. This is our work #robot. Is this not basically #R2D2, doing it's job, mostly ignored? Named Frank (short for #Frankenstein). Appropriate. I2-D2 would be better... #HeroPsychology #Asimov #StarWars

New newsletter! I wrote about Executive Dysfunction Freeze, AuDHD life, and how I found my way back to writing after a long pause. ✍️ open.substack.com/pub/stalides... #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #highered

My newsletter is up and running (again)! Come find out why I suck at dissertation writing... @Stalides open.substack.com/pub/stalides... #Autism #ADHD #HigherEducation

My boys turned 15 Wednesday. We had a great time celebrating. It feels like a milestone, and my mind trying to catch up. We honored this leap by remembering things from the past left behind (but still love ) and looking forward to things to come. I'll never forget it.