🦋 Telling stories about the outsiders, the misfits, and the beautifully complicated. 📘 Memoir • Novels • Nonfiction 🦄 Bipolar-AuDHD Writing Coach • Editor • Educator. 🌈 linktree.com/katierosepryal
Katie Rose Pryal (Rhymes with "Trial") she/her
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Latest essay up on Substack: “Chysalis," about the cult of productivity and how it strangles creativity, especially for women carrying an unequal mental load at home. I trace how relentless worry drained my writing, and how I'm reclaiming it. It is ALSO the first glimpse of my next book.
"My work unmasking myself is a work in progress, but it has definitely made my life better. And of course I can make sure that my kids can understand that they never have to." Autistic author and parent @katierosepryal.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2026/05/your... #autism #parenting
Hello, June.
A new month brings new pages to write, new ideas to explore, and new opportunities to grow. Here's to stories worth telling, communities where everyone belongs, and finding joy in the small moments along the way. 💙✨
#Neurodiversity #InclusionMatters #AuthorLife #KatieRosePryal
This month we celebrate love, authenticity, inclusion, and the many voices that make our communities stronger.
Here's to embracing diversity, fostering belonging, and celebrating the vibrant LGBTQ+ community—this month and every month. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#PrideMonth #InclusionMatters #KatieRosePryal 🌈✨
No, I Don’t Want Your Advice on How My Kids and I Can Be ‘Cured’
Originally published in Catapult, this essay explores neurodiversity, disability, and why acceptance matters more than “fixing” people.
Read more at mominterrupted.us
#MomInterrupted #Neurodiversity #Parenting #KatieRosePryal
“Belonging starts at home.” 💙
So many neurodivergent kids grow up hearing they’re “too much” or “too different.”
For the parents, educators, and kids learning that they deserve to feel safe being exactly who they are.
#Neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #ADHDParenting #AuDHD #KatieRosePryal
🌈♾️ June is Neurodiversity Pride Month in my world.
While Neurodiversity Pride Day is officially June 16, I prefer to celebrate all month long.
For me, this celebration isn't about awareness alone—it's about fostering belonging.
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#NeurodiversityPride #YourKidBelongsHere #KatieRosePryal
Events, then reflection - how we make art out of life and trauma - @katierosepryal.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/r... #writingcommunity #writinglife #memoir #creativewriting
“Most of them are faking.”
It’s a belief many disabled and neurodivergent people encounter, and it’s one of the reasons conversations about accommodations can become so fraught.
Psychology Today article: zurl.co/U63Yf
#Neurodiversity #DisabilityAdvocacyt #PsychologyToday #KatieRosePryal
My latest for Psychology Today: "Why We Need Neurodiversity Pride."
"To be autistic or otherwise neurodivergent is to be...a social outcast."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
cc: @thinkingautism.com @shannonrosa.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @lollardfish.bsky.social
Your Kid Belongs Here pushes for putting your neurodivergent kids first, when other people try to impose neurotypical expectations on them.
By Katie Rose Pryal When my younger son, now fourteen, was in Kindergarten, I was called in to meet with his teacher to discuss his bad behavior. Luckily, my husband could come too, because I was s…
