about — PATTERN RECOGNIZED (v2)
hi. i'm autistic.
late diagnosed. early suspicious.
i have autism, lyme disease, and a bingo card of diagnoses that took decades to collect and about five seconds each to dismiss. i got tired of explaining myself. so i made shirts that do the explaining for me.
what this is
pattern recognized makes double-sided shirts for adults who got the diagnosis late.
front of shirt: the punchline. back of shirt: the closer. one joke was never enough, and neither was one appointment.
the slogans are the product. sharp, dry, first person, lowercase. shirts as social scripts, written by someone who sees the pattern first.
why i built it
small talk is exhausting. wearing the truth is not.
i spent years in rooms where i brought the binder and got told to manage my stress. i explained my own body to people with medical degrees and watched them order the same blood panel. every one of those appointments cost me money, time, and a piece of my belief that anyone was listening.
i stopped waiting for the apology. i printed one instead.
wear the receipt
a receipt is proof. proof you showed up, paid the price, and walked out without the one thing you came for.
every diagnosis you fought for is a receipt. every appointment that ended in "stress" is a receipt.
not trauma. evidence.
what "wear the receipt" means →the serious version
under the humor is a 4,000 word essay called "the invisible fires."
lyme. veterans. autism. spike protein. me/cfs. mcas. pots. heds. long covid. mold. vaccine injury. statin injury. foster care. covid-19 institutional response. shadow trial syndrome.
fifteen entry points. one biological destination.
cited, peer-review safe, written for the people who carry the binder and still get told to relax.
read "the invisible fires" →if you're here
autistic, neurospicy, or suspicious of group chats: right place.
here because medicine failed you, and the jokes are secondary: right place.
here for both: welcome.
pick a world
a world is a condition. a shirt is a moment inside the condition. five open now.
shirts print on demand through printify. checkout runs through etsy. sizing, shipping, and returns are handled there.
"the joke is the apology you never got."